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Explain false memory

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Having memories for things that never happened.
When we remember something, we are reconstructing it back into our working memory which causes us to fill in the gaps - sometimes with false information

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Overall aim

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Can you make someone have a false memory of liking asparagus?
- What affects does this have on behaviour/attitude

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Hypothesis

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  • it is possible to emplant a false memory that someone likes asparagus
  • This will make them rate it higher desirability.
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Experiment 1 aim

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whether giving false feedback that Pp loved asparagus as a kid would generate a false memory or belief.

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Sample size of experiment 1

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128

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Sample details of experiment 1

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  • 77% female
  • course credit
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sample size experiment 2

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-103
- 62% female

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sample technique for both experiments

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volunteer

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Experiment 2 aim

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to see if whether the Pp believes/has a false memory would make the very sight of asparagus more appealing
- also to replicate the results of the first experiment

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Experimental design

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independant measures

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Where sample exp 1 was from

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Universtiy of California

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Where the sample in exp 2 was from

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university of washington

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type of study

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self report - questionnaire

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how long between sessions? (both exp)

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approx 1 week

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False aim for exp 1

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they’d be finding out whether food preferences and personality had a correlation

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IVs

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  • love group
  • control group
  • believers
  • non-believers
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DV

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answers to critical questions on the questionnaires

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Profile/feedback given in Exp 1

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  • you disliked spinach
  • you enjoyed fried foods
  • you liked when a classmate bought sweets to school
  • (for love group only) you enjoyed cooked asparagus as a kid
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Feedback on exp 2

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same as first exp, except, “you loved asparagus the first time you ate it”

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Issues with RQ and measuring likelihood of eating certain foods

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social desirability bias - choosing healthier options to appear better

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Operationalisation of “believer”

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had a belief that the situation occured, but no memory - had a low FHI for asparagus which increased in session 2

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Questionnaires in experiment 1 session 1

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  • food history inventory (FHI) 24 items
  • Restaurant questionnaire (RQ) 32 items
  • 3 filler questionnnaires

(personality & eating habits)

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Questionnaires in Experiment 1, session 2

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(repeated): FHI and RQ
+ food preferences questionnaire (FPQ) 62 items
+ food costs questionnaire (FCQ)
+ Memory or belief (MBQ)

all rated 1-8

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Experiment 1 conclusions

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  • Pp can be led to frame false beliefs, and these have an affect on behaviours
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Experiment 2 conlcusions

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same as experiment 1 + when looking at preferences from food images

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Questionnaires experiment 2, session 1

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(same as experiment 1) FHI, RQ, 3x fillers

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Questionnaires experiment 2, session 2

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food images slideshow

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describe food images slideshow

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  • 20 slides common foods
  • 4 questions on each slide: How appetising? how disgusting? What level are the photographs? artistic quality
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GENERAL CONCLUSIONS

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  • it is possible to implant false memories and beliefs for a positive childhood experience, such as liking asparagus for the first time tried
  • these false memories and beliefs are associated with positive attitudinal and behvioural consquences
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Generalisability

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positive:
- large sample
- volunteer

Negative:
- all got course credit
- mostly female
- all from same universities

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Reliability

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positive
- standardised questionnaires, profiles
- operationalised “believers”
- test-retest reliability with part repition of procedures

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Application

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  • mental disorders - in implanting positive memories to help anxiety (GAD) or phobias
  • cancer patients recovering from Chemo - in helping them eat foods without associating it with feeling unwell
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Validity

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positive
- quantitative data used - easy to compare
- false aims given to lessen demand characteristics
- lab experiment
- removed those who liked asparagus to begin with
- assured Pp had embedded profiles in sessions 2

Negative:
- psychology students used - more likely to seek out real aims
- low ecological validity
- social desirability bias in RQ

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Ethics

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positive:
- debrief given
- right to withdraw
- no physical harm

Negative:
- psychological harm - unsure long-term effects
- deception
- unable full informed consent - deception
- course credit - less likely to withdraw

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