Memories are known as the mental faculty of retaining and recalling past experiences. In her article‚ Memories of Thing s Unseen‚ Elizabeth Loftus proves that memory can be very faulty at times and not only can memories be changed‚ but false memories can be planted into the mind. In addition‚ she also explains the characteristics and consequences of false memories and discusses the role of imagination inflation. Faulty memory has a lot of negative effects‚ but most importantly it has led to at
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certain ‚ though ‚ that it is involvement of chemical changes in the brain which changes the physical structure (Loftus p. 392). It has been found after many research ‚ that new memory is stored in a section of the brain called the hippocampus (Loftus p. 392). Memory is acquired by a series of solidifying events ‚ but more research is still needed to discover and fully understand (Loftus p. 392). Memory is broken down into three systems or categories . These different systems are sensory memory ‚
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expedition’‚ p.23). The British opinion of the Benin people as a “savage and brutal” (Loftus‚ 2008‚ The British Museum and the Benin ‘antiquities’‚ p.52)‚ race led them to question how an “entirely barbarous” (Read and Dalton‚ 1898‚ ‘Antiquities from the City of Benin...’‚ in Reading 2.6: ‘Works of art from Benin City’‚ Loftus and Wood‚ ‘The Art of Benin...’‚ p.84) civilisation could produce such “sophisticated works of art” (Loftus‚ 2008‚ The British Museum and the Benin ‘antiquities’‚ p.52). The British
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the jurors and judge about the problems surrounding eyewitness testimony. Eyewitness testimony can be flawed simply because of the normal and natural memory processes that occur whenever people acquire‚ retain‚ and attempt to retrieve information (Loftus‚ 1979). The validity of eyewitness identification depends on numerous variables. Eyewitness testimony validity can be affected by perception and memory‚ the weapon focus effect‚ cross race identification effects‚ eyewitness confidence and accuracy
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in order to “buy some time” for Jim and himself to get away. The combination of Huck’s compulsive dishonesty and his quick thinking reveals that Huck is cunning. When Huck goes ashore in chapter 11‚ he enters Judith Loftus’ house. On page 57‚ Huck accidentally tells Mrs. Loftus that his name is Mary‚ though he had told her earlier that it was Sarah: “What did you say your name was‚ honey?” “M—Mary Williams.” … “Honey‚ I though you said it was Sarah when you first come in
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states that there is an optimum level of anxiety for accurate eyewitness testimony. I.e. People who are not at all stressed‚ and people who are very stressed will be less accurate eyewitnesses that those who are under a moderate amount of stress. Loftus carried out a study of the ‘Weapon effect’. She set up two conditions of the experiment. In both conditions‚ participants heard a discussion in the room next door. Condition one – after the discussion‚ the man then came out holding a pen. Condition
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Chapter 9: Manipulation and improvement of memory Learning activity suggested answers Learning Activity 9.1 (p. 345) For each of the following examples‚ identify one or more measures of retention that could be used: free recall (FR)‚ serial recall (SR)‚ cued recall (CR)‚ recognition (RG) or relearning (RL). Activities Measure of retention remembering a friend’s mobile phone number without cues SER (order is important) FR (may simply recall all digits in correct order) playing ‘Hangman’
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Not only can suggestion be a powerful tool in changing a person’s thinking‚ but it can also factor significantly in the formation of false memories. Loftus and Pickrell’s (1995) “lost in the mall” experiment provided evidence supporting the hypothesis that completely false childhood memories can be formed through the method of suggestion (p. 720). The "lost in the mall" experiment is an archetypal experiment
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EBSCOhost (accessed November 7‚ 2011). Parrish‚ Stephen E. 2005. "The risen Jesus and future hope." Journal Of The Evangelical Theological Society 48‚ no. 1: 189-191. ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials‚ EBSCOhost (accessed November 7‚ 2011). Loftus‚ John W. 2011. “Assessing the Minimal Facts Approach of Habermas‚ Licona‚ and Craig.” http://debunkingchristianity.blogspot.com/2011/10/assessing-minimal-facts-approach-of.html (Accessed November 7th‚ 2011). David‚ Tony. 2010. “Skeptical of Christian
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human memory and a focal point for old and new memory theories. Memories are not simply stored and retrieved‚ information is encoded and memories are reconstructed using previous knowledge to piece together the situation as one thinks it occurred (Loftus & Ketchan‚ 1994). Therefore perception and comprehension of ongoing events always brings related information to mind. For example‚ an individual mentions that he/she had a great trip to the beach over the weekend. In comprehending what the individual
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