Mistakes Were Made Analysis
The author of Mistakes Were Made (but not by me) created the idea that memory is reconstructive and source confusion to criminal justice. Our memory helps to recreate old moments from our life so they will not be lost because our brain only selects highlights from an event, it is reconstructive in this way. Source confusion can be known as not being able to distinguish your memory that came from later information. Criminal justice is related back to source confusion because we often justify our own actions and asks ourselves various questions such as; “I said that?’ or “ I did that?” Many of us make implications when we are trying to remember an event from the past when we are trying to answer those questions. Implications for relationships