CONSTRUCTIVE NATURE OF MEMORY

LONG TERM MEMORY

RECOLLECTION BASED ON ACTUAL MEMORY

Modified by intervening event

dulled by passage of time

VARIETY OF INFORMATION

Beliefs

Attitudes

Knowledge

Expectations

Experiences

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY

Construction

Reconstruction

Fundamental Significant

MEMORY DISTORTION

The effect on context of memory

Memory distortion by Barlett

Simply recalling will distort memory