PSYC 4010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Anatomically Correct Doll, Yield Sign, Suggestibility
1 Dec 2016
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Is essentially the idea that the memories that we have are not veritical not complete copies of an event. Memory is not just a picture we interpret new info by using old info. The words children used must be payed attention if they sound like an adult it is most likely from an adult. A doctor examined preschool children and was then given an anatomically correct doll and a few days later were questioned and they stated that a stick was inserted into their vagina. Experts were wrong more than half the time discriminating between true and false statements. Tested on neutral events rather than personal. Questioning has little resemblance to real cases. Misleading question about bodily touching brings more info. Rudy and goodman (1991: both participant and bystander were asked misleading question (he took your clothes off didn"t he, preschoolers have scripts about the way the world works (going to school)
