Author Question: Occasionally people have false memories, recalling events that never actually happened. Three of the ... (Read 66 times)

maychende · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Occasionally people have false memories, recalling events that never actually happened. Three of the following false memories are consistent with research findings regarding when false memories are likely to form. Which one is inconsistent with research findings?

a. After seeing a photo of a girl who looks like her riding an elephant, 10-year-old Sally says, Oh, yes, I remember that elephant ride.
b. Eighteen-year-old Mark recalls attending a Jewish Bar Mitzvah when he was 13, even though he isn't Jewish and doesn't have any friends who are Jewish.
c. Four-year-old Carmen is asked to imagine herself going to Disney World and meeting Snow White. Several months later she claims she actually did meet Snow White.
d. As a requirement for his psychology class, 20-year-old Damion participates in a research study in which he's asked to read a group of 10 interrelated words (e.g., bed, pillow, dream). Afterward he claims that one of the words was sleep, even though it wasn't included in the list.

Question 2

Albert grew up in Germany but now lives in England. He recalls more about his childhood in Germany when he's speaking in German than when he's speaking in English. Which one of the following concepts best explains this fact?

a. flashbulb memory
b. encoding specificity
c. spreading activation
d. fan effect