Social cryptomnesia is a psychological and sociological concept describing a cognitive bias experienced by an entire culture following a period of social change.
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Core ClaimSourced to the subject's own accountSocial cryptomnesia is a failure to remember the origin of a social change: people recognize the change occurred but forget the steps taken to bring it about and who took them, often leaving the minority group that drove the change without credit. 1 Classification
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1. Social Cryptomnesia (Wikipedia)
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Social cryptomnesia is a failure to remember the origin of a change, in which people know that a change has occurred in society, but forget how this change occurred; that is, the steps that were taken to bring this change about, and who took these steps.
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Social cryptomnesia is a psychological and sociological concept describing a cognitive bias experienced by an entire culture following a period of social change.
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