Social Cognition Ⅲ —— Reconstructing Memory and Autobiographical Memory

We can't tell the whole story. Memory is not like replaying a video tape. On the contrary, when we rebuild our memory, we should filter and transform scattered real events. The basis of this process is: what we think may happen; What we think should happen; What do we think we want to happen? Our memory will also be influenced by the information expressed by others (especially the information directed at our memory)-and all this will happen long after time.

Self-schema: Combine coherent memories, emotions and beliefs related to oneself to form a coordinated whole. They will adapt to our overall impression of themselves and modify and distort it. We will not lie about our past, but create false memories in a way that conforms to our self-schema. When an attitude changes, people will believe that they have been taking such a rational and wise behavior-even if they just understand what rational and wise behavior is.

False memory syndrome: Let a close relative talk about something seriously, and you can implant childhood false memories into young people's minds. After listening to this story for a few days, most people will absorb the implanted memories into our own experiences, and add some details to make sure that it really happened-in fact, it didn't happen.

Memory recovery phenomenon: thousands of adults recall shocking childhood events that they did not have before.