AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Dr. Loftus is well known for her research on human memory, notably false memories. Dr. Loftus has been honored by APA’s review of general psychology as one of the 100 most eminent psychologists of the 20th century.

Detailed explanation-2: -False memories were classified correctly by 32.14% of the audio-only group, 45.45% of the video-only group, and 53.13% of the audio-visual group. This research provides evidence that naïve judges are not able to reliably identify false memories of emotional or criminal events, or differentiate true from false memories.

Detailed explanation-3: -False memory refers to cases in which people remember events differently from the way they happened or, in the most dramatic case, remember events that never happened at all. False memories can be very vivid and held with high confidence, and it can be difficult to convince someone that the memory in question is wrong.

Detailed explanation-4: -Studies have shown that intentionally planting false memories could potentially help people stick to healthy behaviors. For example, researchers created a false memory by suggesting that participants had become ill after eating certain foods as children.