1st Edition
False-memory Creation in Children and Adults Theory, Research, and Implications
Edited By David F. Bjorklund
Copyright 2000
264 Pages
by
Psychology Press
264 Pages
by
Psychology Press
264 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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As one of the most hotly debated topics of the past decade, false memory has attracted the interest of researchers and practitioners in many of psychology's subdisciplines. Real-world issues surrounding the credibility of memories (particularly memories of traumatic events, such as sexual abuse) reported by both children and adults have been at the center of this debate. Were the adults actually... Read more
Contents: Preface. R.D. Brown, E. Goldstein, D.F. Bjorklund, The History and Zeitgeist of the Repressed-False-Memory Debate: Scientific and Sociological Perspectives on Suggestibility and Childhood Memory. A. Tsai, E. Loftus, D. Polage, Current Directions in False-Memory Research. M.A. Oakes, I.E. Hyman, Jr., The Changing Face of Memory and Self. K. Pezdek, J. Taylor, Discriminating Between Accounts of True and False Events. C.J. Brainerd, V.F. Reyna, D.A. Poole, Fuzzy-Trace Theory and False Memory: Memory Theory in the Courtroom. D.L. Schacter, K.A. Norman, W. Koutstaal, The Cognitive Neuroscience of Constructive Memory. S.J. Ceci, M. Bruck, D.B. Battin, The Suggestibility of Children's Testimony. P.A. Ornstein, A.F. Greenhoot, Remembering the Distant Past: Implications of Research on Children's Memory for the Recovered Memory Debate.
Biography
David F. Bjorklund
"...the papers are...scholarly and likely to be useful to students of memory."
—Journal of Mathematical Psychology"...I highly recommend this volume to anyone interested in false memories. Such a compendium brings together the main body of work in this field and makes for an excellent reader in an upper-level undergraduate course. Also, it is a useful resource for any researcher who is interested in the topic of false memories."
—American Journal of Psychology
