PSY328H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Elizabeth Loftus, Eyewitness Identification, Confabulation
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She believes that the memory was repressed + that seeing him at a funeral triggered the memory: except he actually wasn"t there. Illustrates issues in court that happens in these memory cases: especially childhood and sexual abuse cases from the past and that have been repressed and then triggered, elizabeth loftus" studies, research. Speculated that at time of sexual assault the tv was on at time it happened + was probably watching dr. thompson on tv as it was happening: at time of trauma memories are often very distorted. "did another car pass the red datsun while it was stopped at the stop sign?" Left ss + ys = questions; top row = video. Shows people video: how fast were the cars going when they smashed into each other, how fast were the cars going when they hit each other.
