CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -source amnesia: faulty memory for how, when, or where information was learned or imagined. déjà vu: that eerie sense that “I’ve experienced this before.” Cues from the current situation may unconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience.

Detailed explanation-2: -Source Amnesia is the inability to recall where, when, or how one has learned knowledge that has been acquired and retained. In a 2008 NY Times article, psychologists Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang explained: False beliefs are everywhere.

Detailed explanation-3: -Research suggests that source amnesia results from poor memory encoding of a particular context opposed to poor retrieval of a context specific memory, except within the case of amnesiacs. This is because content must be encoded along with context in order for the two to be integrated into memory.

Detailed explanation-4: -For example, your friend told you about his bike trip to Wisconsin. A year later, you recall details about the trip, however, you are not sure about how you learned about the details. You may falsely conclude that you have traveled to Wisconsin.