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Schacter’s Seven Sins of Memory
In 2001, psychologist Daniel Schacter introduced a framework outlining seven common memory failures, which he called the 'seven sins of memory.' He organized these errors into three distinct categories:
- Sins of Forgetting: Transience, Absentmindedness, Blocking
- Sins of Distortion: Misattribution, Suggestibility, Bias
- Sin of Intrusion: Persistence
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For the past five years, an individual used the password 'BlueJay123' for their primary email. Yesterday, they changed it to 'Falcon987'. Today, when trying to log in, they find they can only recall 'BlueJay123' and cannot remember the new password. Which perspective on forgetting best explains this memory failure?
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Transience
Absentmindedness
Blocking
Misattribution
Bias in Memory
Persistence
Suggestibility
A witness is interviewed by police immediately after a robbery and gives a detailed description of the perpetrator. A week later, a police officer shows the witness a photo lineup and asks, "Was the man with the scar the one you saw?" The witness, who had not previously mentioned a scar, now incorporates this detail into their memory of the event. Which type of memory error does this scenario best illustrate?