PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Suggestibility, Pretty Smart, Julie Andrews
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Memory is a fluid process, not a static storage of information . This makes memories far more changeable than they would otherwise be. E. g. , researchers have been able to induce people to recall complicated events from early in life that never actually happened, such as getting lost in a shopping mall. People actually believe that they remember these events" they don"t know. Fake disneyland commercial featuring bugs bunny 1/3 to recall meeting bugs at that they are just making things up based on other aspects in the photo. People thought they remembered seeing bugs bunny at disney world even though. Incorporating random details into their own memories to make it work. Participants viewed a video of a car crash. Control question: how fast were the two cars going when they contacted each other? (65. 7 km/h) Leading question: how fast were the two cars going when they smashed into each other? (51. 2 km/h)
