PSYC 336 Lecture 8: 8.4 - Remembering Complex Events IV
7 Dec 2020
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Eyewitness errors account for at least 75% of false convictions. Showed participants a series of pictures depicting a car crash. Participants in the hit group guessed 34 mph. One week later asked neutrally if they remember seeing broken glass. *the change of just one word within the initial question can have a significant effect. Some studies asked questions that contain misinformation about an event. Asked questions that require the participants themselves to make up some bit of information. Participants experience an event exposed to a misleading suggestion about how the event unfolded. Some time allowed to pass memory tested. Result > incorporate false suggestion into their memory of the original event. Easier to plant plausible memories rather than implausible ones. Errors more likely if post-event info supplements what the person remembers. Easier to add to a memory than replace a memory. False memories more easily planted if participants are urged to imagine how the event unfolded.
