Ep. 213 - The Doctor Is In Series - Everything You Remember is False
The Social-Engineer Podcast
The Problems With Eyewitness Testimony
A legal school in California set up a mock courtroom where witnesses were interviewed by lawyers. The interviewer asked them questions like what time did the black man run from the bar? It's a leading question that implanted details, he says. "Research stems with Elizabeth Loftus"
Welcome to the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Doctor Is In Series – where we will discuss understandings and developments in the field of psychology.
In today’s episode, Chris and Abbie are discussing: False Memories. Although memory processes and systems usually operate reliably, they are sometimes prone to distortions and illusions. Today’s discussion will examine how and why this happens. [June 5, 2023]
00:00 - Intro
00:20 - Dr. Abbie Maroño Intro
01:02 - Intro Links
- Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/
- Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/
- Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/
- Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/
- Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb
- CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/
- innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/
07:43 - The Topic of the Day: False Memories
08:11 - Defining Our Memories
10:17 - Challenging Your Reality
11:48 - Remember the Good Times
13:01 - The Exception
15:07 - Unintentional Ego Inflation
17:27 - Putting it in Context
18:46 - The Dangers of Distorting Memories
23:19 - Not-So-Total Recall
25:40 - Repression vs Suppression
28:35 - Eyewitness Error
32:10 - Shameless Plug: Ep. 134
- Altered Memories and Alternate Realities with Dr. Elizabeth Loftus
34:14 - Emotional Influence
37:22 - How Accurate Are You???
39:56 - Emotional Defense
44:35 - Belief System
47:48 - Don't Be Certain (Because You're Not)
49:31 - Confirmation Bias
52:39 - Simple Does Not Equal Easy
54:08 - Shades of Grey
56:38 - Wrap Up
56:58 - Next Month: Deception Detection
57:45 - Outro
- www.innocentlivesfoundation.org
Find us online:
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- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/christopherhadnagy
References:
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Robins, S. K. (2019). Confabulation and constructive memory. Synthese, 196, 2135-2151.
Schacter, D. L. (2022). Constructive memory: past and future. Dialogues in clinical neuroscience.
Murphy, G., Loftus, E. F., Grady, R. H., Levine, L. J., & Greene, C. M. (2019). False memories for fake news during Ireland’s abortion referendum. Psychological science, 30(10), 1449-1459.
Sedikides, C., & Skowronski, J. J. (2020). In human memory, good can be stronger than bad. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 29(1), 86-91.
Otgaar, H., Howe, M. L., & Patihis, L. (2022). What science tells us about false and repressed memories. Memory, 30(1), 16-21.
Loftus, E. F. (1993). The reality of repressed memories. American psychologist, 48(5), 518.
Anderson, M. C., & Hulbert, J. C. (2021). Active forgetting: Adaptation of memory by prefrontal control. Annual review of psychology, 72, 1-36.
Loftus, E. F., & Pickrell, J. E. (1995). The formation of false memories. Psychiatric annals, 25(12), 720-725.
Otgaar, H., Candel, I., Merckelbach, H., & Wade, K. A. (2009). Abducted by a UFO: Prevalence information affects young children's false memories for an implausible event. Applied Cognitive Psychology: The Official Journal of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 23(1), 115-125.
Otgaar, H., Candel, I., Scoboria, A., & Merckelbach, H. (2010). Script knowledge enhances the development of children’s false memories. Acta Psychologica, 133(1), 57-63.
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