memory studies
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- Created on: 12-03-18 15:59
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- psychology- memory studies
- The multi-store model of memory (Wilson, Kopelman and Kapur [2008])
- was a musician, and was extremely advanced before his illness
- longitudinal, over 21 years
- developed brain damage after influenza like symptoms
- hippocampus
- temporal poles
- amygdala
- diagnosed a week after symptoms with: HSVE (herpes simplex viral encephalitis)
- tested....
- verbal fluencey
- short term (digit span)
- MRI scans of the brain
- long term (digit span)
- results
- inability to create new memories
- severe brain abnormalities
- decrease performance in IQ tests(was advanced but fell into a 'average' range)
- some loss of semantic memories
- had both antrograde and retrograde amnesia
- servere damage to episodic memories
- consciousnes-s of 'self' was damaged
- studied a man named Clive Wearing, who had both retrograde and anterograde amnesia
- critisms
- the many tests cause frustration for CW through questioning his own consciousness
- having the study over 21 years must cause distress
- the tests were not designed to help him
- confidentiality was not maintained
- cannot generalize for each person, due to the extent of his brain damage
- Reconstructiv-e memory (Braun, Loftus and Ellis [2002])
- STUDY 2
- 3 ads.
- AD2: suggested they shook hands with Ariel
- experimental group
- AD1: suggested that they shook hands with Bugs Bunny
- experimental group
- AD3: factual, on information about a ride [NOT AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL]
- modified question to "shook hands with cartoon character?" on a scale of 0 (definitely not) to 10 (definetly did)
- control group
- AD2: suggested they shook hands with Ariel
- undergrad. students
- method
- the participants were shown one of 3 ads.
- in a questionaire asked: shook hands with a disney character?
- results
- the participants were shown one of 3 ads.
- to see whether false information could lead to alterations in reconstructive memory
- 3 ads.
- CONCLUSION
- peoples memory of information can be influenced by advertisement
- autobiographical advertising can alter peoples reconstructive memory (even if impossible)
- CRITSISMS
- not ethical to manipulate peoples memory
- Untitled
- age bias
- STUDY 2
- The multi-store model of memory (Wilson, Kopelman and Kapur [2008])
- week one
- week two
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