False Memories: Cognitive Psychology
False Memories
Jessi Benanti
PSY 352: Cognitive Psychology
Dr. Christopher Wessinger
February 24, 2017
Page Break False Memories
Holly Ramona, who is a nineteen-year-old female that is a little troubled went to see a psychiatrist to help her with the eating disorder she was battling. Throughout her time in therapy, her psychotherapist, Marche Isabella believed she came across the memories that Holly has repressed of her father, Gary Ramona repletely sexually abusing her. Through the therapy sessions Marche Isabella would hypnotize Holly Ramona and also give her sodium amytal, which is also called a "truth serum" by doctors, although sodium amytal is not a truth serum. Due to the accusations of the sexually abusing …show more content…
An accepted presumption of memory is that every little thing is stored, that given the right recovery prompt or method, a memory will be "unlocked" and will relayed accurately (Robinson-Riegler &Robinson-Riegler, 2012). When an individual want to know something that happened in their past they should request that they are cognitively questioned by their psychotherapist. A cognitive questioning means that there cannot be any questions that are leading and that the individual is as comfortable as possible prior to being questioned. The technique is to not jump to conclusions and produce your own scenarios within your mind about what could have taken place, but additionally about what you do recollect the events that surround the incident that took place. "Deceptive information presented after an event can lead people to erroneous reports of that misinformation. Different process histories can be responsible for the same erroneous accounts in different individuals" (Loftus & Hoffman, 1989). There have individuals have gone through with hypnosis and have been on rigorous medication regimens because they are afraid of the affects of what they will do on their memory. When an individual has a good relationship with other people that they grow up with or if the people watched the individual watched grow up can help keep the memories stay alive. The problem with this is that the person has to whole heartedly trust the people to remember the accuracy, which sometimes can be tricky. "Misleading information presentation after an event can lead people to erroneous reports of that misinformation. Different process histories can be responsible for the same erroneous report in different people" (Loftus & Hoffman,
Jessi Benanti
PSY 352: Cognitive Psychology
Dr. Christopher Wessinger
February 24, 2017
Page Break False Memories
Holly Ramona, who is a nineteen-year-old female that is a little troubled went to see a psychiatrist to help her with the eating disorder she was battling. Throughout her time in therapy, her psychotherapist, Marche Isabella believed she came across the memories that Holly has repressed of her father, Gary Ramona repletely sexually abusing her. Through the therapy sessions Marche Isabella would hypnotize Holly Ramona and also give her sodium amytal, which is also called a "truth serum" by doctors, although sodium amytal is not a truth serum. Due to the accusations of the sexually abusing …show more content…
An accepted presumption of memory is that every little thing is stored, that given the right recovery prompt or method, a memory will be "unlocked" and will relayed accurately (Robinson-Riegler &Robinson-Riegler, 2012). When an individual want to know something that happened in their past they should request that they are cognitively questioned by their psychotherapist. A cognitive questioning means that there cannot be any questions that are leading and that the individual is as comfortable as possible prior to being questioned. The technique is to not jump to conclusions and produce your own scenarios within your mind about what could have taken place, but additionally about what you do recollect the events that surround the incident that took place. "Deceptive information presented after an event can lead people to erroneous reports of that misinformation. Different process histories can be responsible for the same erroneous accounts in different individuals" (Loftus & Hoffman, 1989). There have individuals have gone through with hypnosis and have been on rigorous medication regimens because they are afraid of the affects of what they will do on their memory. When an individual has a good relationship with other people that they grow up with or if the people watched the individual watched grow up can help keep the memories stay alive. The problem with this is that the person has to whole heartedly trust the people to remember the accuracy, which sometimes can be tricky. "Misleading information presentation after an event can lead people to erroneous reports of that misinformation. Different process histories can be responsible for the same erroneous report in different people" (Loftus & Hoffman,