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Questions lectures 1&2 Explain the methods in which false memory may be generated. Provide evidence. To what extent can false memories be embedded in a person's memory? Compare and contrast between false memory and recovered memory. Provide evidence to support your answer. To what extent are the implications of inaccurate memory and recall negative in society today.

Questions Lectures 3&4 Is it possible to enhance encoding? Discuss. Discuss whether Eye witnesses Testimonies are valid? Explain the factors which may aid memory encoding Explain the misinformation effect and the related studies. Evaluate with evidence the misinformation effect by Loftus, Miller and Burns (1978) and the modified test procedure by McCloskey and Zaragoza late in 1985. What does Ebbinghaus's work show about the nature of memory encoding? Describe and Evaluate. How can an encoding of one's memory be enhanced? Can the brain be used to recall lost details and what are the possible ways that can cause the information to change from its original meaning and intent?

Questions Lectures 5&6 Is there evidence for existence of photographic memory? What method can be used in memory recognition. What is the effect of emotional arousal on memory? Explain the differences between repression and retention. Give evidence for hypermesia. What is the effect of conscious inhibition of memory? Why are human able to directly suppress their memory?

Compare and contrast photographic and eidetic memory. Provide evidence to support your answer. According to Freud, he defined repression as "an active mechanism to prevent remembering". Provide evidence for and against the Freudian Repression.

Recent research has started to stress the role of inhibition as a general process in memory storage and retrieval (e.g. Anderson, 2003, 2005). Explain the different forms of inhibition of recall memory.

Questions Lectures 7&8

Explain the differences between recognition and recall. Mention a relevant experiment supporting your answer. Compare and contrast between remembering and knowing. Provide evidence to support your answer....