testimony is since hundreds of people’s lives have been ruined because of it. It is important to consider that not every memory someone remembers is real and while their intentions may not be to lie‚ memory itself gets changed unconsciously. Dr. Elizabeth Loftus did some amazing research in understanding false memories and explained how it relates to real-world situations. Dr. Loftus’s studies made me think back to my childhood memories and I realized a lot of what I remember is things that my parents told
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participants were asked to describe the accident as if they were witness’. The participants were then asked specific questions this included the question ‘About how fast were the cars going when they (smashed/ collided/ bumped/ hit/ contacted) each other?’ Loftus and Palmer had found out that the estimated speed was affected by the verb used for example the participants who were asked what speed the cars were going when they smashed thought that the car was going faster than participants who were asked the
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Jung‚ C. G.‚ “Freud and Psychoanalysis”‚ Collected works‚ vol. 4‚ Princeton University Press‚ 1961 Bartlett F. C.‚ “The psychological process of sublimation”‚ Scientia : rivista internazionale di sintesi scientifica‚ 1928‚ p. 17n Freud S.‚ “The Ego and the Id”‚ James Strachey ed.‚ New York: Norton‚ 1960‚ p. 51 Karl R. Wolfe Ph.D http://www.truesilence.com/psychological-projection.htm Literary Criticisms‚ Psychoanalytic Literary Criticism‚ Wikipedia.org Ed. Jimmy Wales‚ 24th May 2006
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accuracy of eyewitness testimony such as emotions‚ fundamental attribution bias‚ face recognition in other races‚ leading questions and many more. An example of the affect factors such as leading questions can have on eyewitness testimonies is the Loftus and Palmed study (1974). It’s has been proposed that we store a series of incomplete memory fragments in our mind. When we need to recall a memory we unknowingly fill in the blanks to reconstruct a memory that can be fraught with inaccuracies
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episodic memories becomes less accurate because of post-event information. Research in this area began by Elizabeth Loftus in 1974. It was about the “ False Memories”. When the first collection of misinformation experiments appeared in the mid-1970s‚ the lesson that was being learned from these experiments was that misleading postevent information can impair memory of an original event ( Loftus‚ 1975 ‚ 1977 ‚ 1979 ). Memory Impairment Hypothesis- a genuine change or alteration in memory of an experienced
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The misinformation paradigm is when an event happens‚ someone gets misleading information about this event‚ and when they are tested … The misleading information can be called a critical item. Loftus conducted a study where she had a witness give a small detail that did not match what the participants saw happen and would see which information (the information from the real story or the witnesses slightly off story). Another example of this depending on a word you use‚ like fast or slow‚ could change
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the process was rigged‚ they all ends up being teacher and the learner is the confederate. (Meyer 97; Wortman‚ Loftus and Weaver 608-9; Franzoi 297). Before the experiment start‚ the participant (teacher) was being given a 45-volt shock to let them relate to what the learner will be experiencing and to make them believe that the generator is authentic. (Franzoi 297; Meyer 98; Wortman‚ Loftus and Weaver 608-9). The learner is in one room‚ the teacher and the experimenter (wearing a lab coat) are in another
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EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY: Do the findings from research on eyewitness testimony suggest that eyewitness testimony should not be admitted in court? An eyewitness testimony is a report made by a person who observed an event. Police‚ prosecutors‚ juries and judges in court generally believe‚ trust and accept eyewitness testimony‚ especially if no other evidence (objects‚ documentary and/or physical evidence) is available and if the eyewitness has no reason nor motivation
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Syma Kausar Student ID 20237783 Assignment number ST10118-1 Q. Discuss the factors that influence eyewitness recall‚ and evaluate the evidence behind these theories.
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the character Mrs. Judith Loftus. Mrs. Loftus is at first presented as one of the more sincere people in the novel who is genuinely trying to help Huck in any way possible. The irony is when she begins to discuss how her husband‚ whom she states will help Huck get to his destination in town safely‚ is attempting to hunt Jim like some sort of animal to collect reward money. It might seem odd but this was the actual irony of life in the south at this time. Although Mrs. Loftus was a kind women she didn’t
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