Do False Memories Exist
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Please complete this form for EACH assignment and attach before submitting according to the instructions given by your unit co-ordinator or tutor.
Tutor’s name: Mr Moses Chew Unit Code: PSY141
Assignment No. or title: 4b
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Your assignment should meet the following requirements. Please confirm this (by ticking the boxes) before submitting your assignment. Assignment is printed on one side only Wide margin (4 cm) provided on left-hand side of page Double spaced Declaration below is completed
All forms of plagiarism, cheating and unauthorised collusion are regarded seriously by the University and could result in penalties including failure in the unit and possible …show more content…
To find out and proof that false memories exist, this essay have consolidated two study research methodologies which will be explained. The three major terms which will be discussed over here will be activation/monitoring theory, fuzzy-trace theory and source monitoring framework which explained why false memories occurred. On top of that, research methodologies have found out that false memories can occur to anybody from children to adults and adults with Alzheimer’s disease and also, they have found out that as one ages, the tendency to have false recalls increased with the age trend. It will be argued that false memories exist and revealing the truth behind false …show more content…
Retrieved from http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/harnad/Papers/Py104/loftusmem1.pdf
McDermott, K. B., & Watson, J. M. (2001). The rise and fall of false recall: The impact of presentation duration. Journal of Memory and Language, 45(1), 160-176. doi:10.1006/jmla.2000.2771
Reyna, V. F. & Lloyd F. (1997). Theories of false memory in children and adults.
Learning and Individual Differences, 9(2), 95-123. doi:10.1016/S1041-6080(97)90002-9
Roediger H. L., & McDermott K. B. (1995). Creating false memories: Remembering words nor presented in lists. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, memory, and cognition, 21(4), 803-814. doi: 10.1037/0278-7393.21.4.803
Roediger, H. L., & McDermott K. B. (2000). Tricks of memory. Current directions in psychology science, 9(4), 123-127. doi:10.1111/1467-8721.00075
Roediger, H. L., Watson J. M., McDermott K. B. & Gallo, D. A. (2001). Factors that determine false recall: A multiple regression analysis. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 8(3), 385-407. doi:10.3758/BF03196177
Wade, K. A., Sharman, S. J., Garry, M., Memon, A., Mazzoni, G., Merckelbach, H.,
& Loftus., E. F. (2007). False claims about false memory research. Consciousness and Cognition, 16(1), 18-28.
Please complete this form for EACH assignment and attach before submitting according to the instructions given by your unit co-ordinator or tutor.
Tutor’s name: Mr Moses Chew Unit Code: PSY141
Assignment No. or title: 4b
……………………………………………………………………………
Your assignment should meet the following requirements. Please confirm this (by ticking the boxes) before submitting your assignment. Assignment is printed on one side only Wide margin (4 cm) provided on left-hand side of page Double spaced Declaration below is completed
All forms of plagiarism, cheating and unauthorised collusion are regarded seriously by the University and could result in penalties including failure in the unit and possible …show more content…
To find out and proof that false memories exist, this essay have consolidated two study research methodologies which will be explained. The three major terms which will be discussed over here will be activation/monitoring theory, fuzzy-trace theory and source monitoring framework which explained why false memories occurred. On top of that, research methodologies have found out that false memories can occur to anybody from children to adults and adults with Alzheimer’s disease and also, they have found out that as one ages, the tendency to have false recalls increased with the age trend. It will be argued that false memories exist and revealing the truth behind false …show more content…
Retrieved from http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/harnad/Papers/Py104/loftusmem1.pdf
McDermott, K. B., & Watson, J. M. (2001). The rise and fall of false recall: The impact of presentation duration. Journal of Memory and Language, 45(1), 160-176. doi:10.1006/jmla.2000.2771
Reyna, V. F. & Lloyd F. (1997). Theories of false memory in children and adults.
Learning and Individual Differences, 9(2), 95-123. doi:10.1016/S1041-6080(97)90002-9
Roediger H. L., & McDermott K. B. (1995). Creating false memories: Remembering words nor presented in lists. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, memory, and cognition, 21(4), 803-814. doi: 10.1037/0278-7393.21.4.803
Roediger, H. L., & McDermott K. B. (2000). Tricks of memory. Current directions in psychology science, 9(4), 123-127. doi:10.1111/1467-8721.00075
Roediger, H. L., Watson J. M., McDermott K. B. & Gallo, D. A. (2001). Factors that determine false recall: A multiple regression analysis. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 8(3), 385-407. doi:10.3758/BF03196177
Wade, K. A., Sharman, S. J., Garry, M., Memon, A., Mazzoni, G., Merckelbach, H.,
& Loftus., E. F. (2007). False claims about false memory research. Consciousness and Cognition, 16(1), 18-28.