Exam 6: Memory Distortions

You are instructed to read a story called The War of the Ghosts.At the end, you are asked to recall whatever details of the story that you can remember.You relate an insignificant detail of something black coming from the mouth of a character in the story. This is called

Leading questions can result in false memories.

A victim of a traumatic event experiences the incident as if it was happening to someone else in order to psychologically avoid the event.This is called

Repression of memories can take place during

The misinformation effect refers to distortions in memory caused by

The risk of memory implantation is especially high for

Recovered memories

A verbal false memory in which a word is falsely remembered because its syllables were encountered in two different words that were studied is called

False confessions to crimes can in theory be brought about through the interrogation of a suspect.The mechanism by which the person comes to believe incorrectly that he or she is guilty of crime is called