In their lost in a shopping mall study, Loftus and Pickrell (1995):
a) found that 75 of participants falsely remembered being lost in a mall.
b) found that when false memories were created, they were quite vague, and not very long lasting.
c) found that participants were just as confident about their false memories as they were about real ones.
d) enlisted family members of the participants as confederates.
Question 2The results of laboratory studies of illusory memory indicate that:
a) participants often consciously recollect the theme words around which each list is constructed, even
though these words were never presented.
b) participants don't generally recollect that the theme word had been presented; they just KNOW that it was presented.
c) participants often recognized that the theme words as having been in the lists but rarely recalled those theme
words.
d) false memories can not be created in a list learning paradigm.
Question 3Hypnosis has sometimes been used as a retrieval technique for an eyewitness memory. What conclusions can be drawn about using hypnosis in this way?
a) Hypnosis can be used, but only in extreme cases.
b) Hypnosis leads to an increase in report of fabricated details and so should be avoided.
c) Hypnosis should be used because it leads to an increase in the amount of information reported.
d) Hypnosis should be avoided because it doesn't lead to any increase in the amount of information reported.
Question 4Jury members tend to believe confident eyewitnesses. However, they really should only believe a very confident eyewitness when:
a) the eyewitness identified the criminal in about 10 seconds.
b) the eyewitness has been hypnotized.
c) the eyewitness took more than 30 seconds to identify the criminal in a lineup.
d) they should never believe a confident eyewitness because confidence is a poor predictor of memory.
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