Define source monitoring errors

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1. Define source monitoring errors and describe some research that illustrates them. Then explain why these errors reinforce the characterization of memory as being "constructive."

2. An important application of memory research has been in understanding the nature of eyewitness testimony. Citing the research in your text, explain why people make errors in eyewitness testimony.

3. Explain why a flashbulb memory is both special and ordinary. Provide an example of a flashbulb memory from your own experience to support your thinking.

4. Explain why it is better that we cannot remember every single thing that we experience.

5. In the discussion of the case of Robert Cotton, the text states that Jennifer Thompson "remembered" Cotton as being the man who attacked her in 1984. Explain why the word remembered was in quotes, both in the context of the case and in a broader context of overall memory.

6. Provide an example of when you experienced the Proustian effect. What was your response to the experience?

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