LEARNING
BIOLOGY COGNITION AND LEARNING
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Bandura
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Loftus
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Skinner
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Pavlov
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Detailed explanation-1: -The misinformation effect was first studied in the 1970s by psychologist and memory expert Elizabeth Loftus. Her research has demonstrated that memory is far easier to influence than might ordinarily be thought.
Detailed explanation-2: -Loftus and Palmer (1974) Study. Aim: To test their hypothesis that the language used in eyewitness testimony can alter memory.
Detailed explanation-3: -This phenomenon is called the misinformation effect, because the misinformation that subjects were exposed to after the event (here in the form of a misleading question) apparently contaminates subjects’ memories of what they witnessed.
Detailed explanation-4: -The misinformation effect in psychology refers to memories being changed after the event-as demonstrated by Loftus and Palmer (1974). The misinformation effect in psychology is the tendency for people’s recall to get less accurate when they are given more information afterwards.