Loftus and Pickrell (1995) The Formation of False Memories

Aim: To investigate whether it is possible to make people form a false memory of an event that never happened to them. Method: Design: 5-page booklet – containing 4 stories (3 true, 1 false) Fourth story – getting lost in a mall. Order of events: True event False event                - A paragraph each at the …

Cognitive Psychology

Cognitive psychology studies how we process information. It looks at how we input information, how we process it and how we retrieve or use it. Some psychologists believe that the brain works like a computer following the procedure of input-process/storage-output. The areas of interest include memory, forgetting, perception, language and attention. Strengths: High control: a …