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Question 1

How did the researchers Obtain false and accurate memories for the experiment?

Answer 1

1. Interviewed the relative to obtain three events that happened to the subjects between 4 to 6 years of age
2. The stories were not to be family folklore/traumatic events
3. Also information about a possible shopping trip to a mall or large departmental store was obtained

Question 2

How did they make up a possible shopping trip to a mall or large departmental store seem realistic?

Answer 2

1. Where the family would have shopped when the subject was five years old.
2. Which members of the family usually went along on a shopping trip
3. What kinds of stores might have attracted the subject’s interests
4. Verification that the subject had not been lost in a mall around age of five