CH 10 - False Memory Debate PDF

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Instructor: Sue Hobbs...

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False Memory Debate

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Memories are malleable, but not easy to implant a relevant false memory Ceci and Bruck – children aren’t especially vulnerable to false memories, but interview techniques that can harm them will work but also for everyone else Schemas – knowledge structures we have stored in our memories o storage of information depends on our interpretation of that info o guide our attention to relevant info and help us shape our experiences o DRM paradigm – uses gists to make person remember critical word after reading a list of related words Source monitoring – can’t remember if from dream/other experience or if it really happened Flashbulb memories – memories so vivid that people appear to recount them in remarkable, even photographic detail o Just like other memories, but more intense o Can be changed Post event misinformation – very similar to source monitoring errors. Loftus study tried to say that memories can be implanted, but it took significant effort and results were misleading (lost in the mall) Infantile Amnesia – average age of earliest memory is 3.5 o Earliest memories range from 2-8 years o Early memories are few and lack detail o More likely to remember events that are emotionally significant o Often remember story of memory and not actual memory...