PSYB57H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Charades
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Let"s consider all cases, including the how and how often, errors arise. 1992: el cargo plane lost power in 2 of its engines in amsterdam pilot returned place to airport but couldn"t make it plane crashed into apartment. 10 months later, researchers question 193 dutch people about crash, asking them did you see tv film the moment the plane hit the building? >1/2 did see film, even though there was not film. No camera had recorded the crash or film shown on tv. In follow-up, investigators surveyed 93 people about crash asked whether they saw tv film and asked more detailed questions about what they saw in the film 2/3 remembered film and gave details. Errors may emerge b/c participants were trying to remember something that took place 1 year ago. Memory errors can happen in many different way start from arising during initial exposure to continuing through the moment of recall.
