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1. is memory passive retreval of info from the long term store, rather than active reconstruction of information from the past?

3. Does external info influence the way we remember things?

5. Can memory of an event change with time?

7. How are false memories created?

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Lawyers and courts recognize the power of the leading question-a question that by either its form or content suggests to the person answering the question the desired answer (Loftus & Palmer, 1974). Psychologists took this known phenomenon a step further by demonstrating that such leading questions can alter memories putting serious doubt on the veracity of eyewitness testimony....

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Both the cross-sectional and the longitudinal studies are observational studies.

Longitudinal Study
longitudinal studies make comparisons over time

Cross-sectional Study
Cross-sectional studies make comparisons at a single point in time

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https://youtu.be/nbARxiM0W_Q

Questions to consider

1.  What factors do you think had the greatest influence on the distortion of Jennifer Thompon's memory?

2. Do you think that the police could have done something differently that would have prevented Ronald Cotton from going to prison?

3.  Based on this story, how do you feel about the use of eyewitness testimony in courtrooms?