PSY344H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ath, Eyewitness Identification, Eyewitness Testimony
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Confabulation: (cid:449)he(cid:374) you (cid:373)ake stuff up (cid:271)ut thi(cid:374)k you"re telli(cid:374)g the truth. The brain makes up (cid:449)hat it does(cid:374)"t re(cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)er. We only pay attention to 10% of the information around us. It is surprisingly easy to distort and/or create memories. Daughter who accused her father of raping her, getting her pregnant, aborting the baby and burying fetus in basement. O(cid:373)eti(cid:373)es it"s easier to (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e the (cid:448)i(cid:272)ti(cid:373) (cid:1008)(cid:1009)% of the ti(cid:373)e, (cid:449)e"re (cid:272)o(cid:374)fide(cid:374)t a(cid:374)d (cid:449)ro(cid:374)g. Memory is strongly influenced by our views, attitudes and beliefs at the time of recall. It is easier to stand behind information that confirms our beliefs. Accused by young lady of forced intercourse. She has a history of drug and alcohol abuse. She was also abused by an rcmp officer in the past. Schooler (1986) psychologists (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t tell the differe(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) real a(cid:374)d i(cid:373)pla(cid:374)ted (cid:373)e(cid:373)ories. Memory believed to be stored in the cortex. It was a yield sign at the intersection the subject had previously seen.
