Cognitive Perspective
-Dave's mother asks him about a child's birthday party he attended several weeks before. He doesn't remember the party very well, but tells her that cake was served. After all, cake is typically served at a child's birthday party. What is this called?

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Memory is not always a matter of retrieval. Reconstruction is the process by which a person reconstructs a memory based on a combination of memory of the event and prior knowledge. In this example, Dave knows he was at the party and remembers some details. He reconstructs his memory based on what he is sure of and what he can assume based on prior knowledge.

Cognitive Perspective -Dave's Mother Asks Him About a Child's Birthday Party He