PSYC 331 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Demonic Possession, Suggestibility, 18 Months
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They had been hospitalised when they had not (hyman 1995) Had been lost and frightened in a mall when they hadn ot )loftus 1996) Had been victims of a vicious animal attack when they had not (porter 1999) Had witnessed demonic possession when young (giuliana 2001) Had been abducted by aliens (newman & baumeister 1998) Subjects asked to try to remember childhood events that were supplied by moparents/siblings/relatives. Had booklet with four 1 para stories from s childhood which s read. When read all four, had to check whether they remembered each aspect of story. Lost in mall story (made up): s was lost for extended period of time, crying, age 5, found by elderly woman. Told them that reserachers were interested in how much detail they could remember. Presented bits of info from 4 scenarios as retrieval cues". Asked to recall as much as possible (yes/no) and rate clarity of memory out of 10.
