Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Definition
The process by which memories are reconstructed or built from existing knowledge, experiences, and beliefs rather than retrieved as exact copies, influenced by memory consolidation and imagination inflation.
AP course connection
Topic 2.7: 2.7 Forgetting and Other Memory Challenges