PSY 364 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ted (Conference)
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View: ted talk - reliable memory (module 7) Titus - wrongly accused as rapist developed anger problems and lost everything (fiancee, job, savings, etc. ) Died at 35 years old - stress-related heart attack. Accuser: that"s the closest that"s definitely the guy . Remember things that didn"t happen or things that were different from the way they were (false memories) Memory doesn"t work like a recording device - recall. Memory are constructive & reconstructive can be changed by yourself and others. People simulated crimes & accidents - ask what they remember. Recalled faster and with broken glass that wasn"t there. Members of u. s military - undergoing a harrowing training exercise to teach them what it"s like if they get captured as prisoners of war. Interrogated in aggressive, hostile, physically abusive fashion for. Later have to identify the person who conducted that interrogation. Fed suggestive info that insinuate a different person misidentified.