Memory Bias and Perception Quiz
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What is one effect of personal bias on memory?

  • Improved ability to recall conflicting information
  • Decreased susceptibility to suggestion
  • Tendency to remember attitudes and behavior consistent with past attitudes and behavior (correct)
  • Increased accuracy in recalling past events
  • How can misleading post-event information (MPI) affect memory?

  • Instilling a resistance to suggestion in memory recall
  • Enhancing the accuracy of recalling witnessed events
  • Changing how a person describes an event witnessed earlier (correct)
  • Reducing the impact of personal biases on memory
  • What is a common effect of egocentric bias on memory?

  • Tendency to remember only negative experiences
  • Improved ability to recall conflicting information
  • Increased susceptibility to suggestion
  • People are suggestible (correct)
  • What is the main reason for innocent people being convicted, as discussed in the text?

    <p>Emotions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In Stanny and Johnson’s (2000) weapons-focus experiment, what was the impact of the presence of a fired weapon on memory recall?

    <p>It led to a decrease in memory about the perpetrator, the victim, and the weapon</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were the results of Ross et al.(1994)’s study on the effect of familiarity on eyewitness testimony?

    <p>The male teacher was erroneously identified as the robber 60 percent of the time when the actual robber WAS NOT in the photospread</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Wells & Bradfield (1998)’s study reveal about errors due to familiarity?

    <p>It demonstrated that familiarity increased errors in eyewitness testimony</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the positive change bias?

    <p>The tendency to perceive things as getting better</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does positive change bias manifest in the context of the text?

    <p>By influencing people to perceive events as 'getting better'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the misinformation effect related to in the context of the text?

    <p>False memories due to suggestion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did participants in Loftus et al.'s study exhibit false memories due to suggestion?

    <p>By reporting events consistent with the script but not shown in the test</p> Signup and view all the answers

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