Doctoral Dissertation Research: Memories of Childhood: True versus False Reports

Goodman 9619034目前关于恢复的童年性虐待记忆的有效性的辩论具有重要的理论和法律的影响。 这项研究有望回答与辩论有关的几个重要问题。 首先，访谈者的预期对成年人对童年事件的真实和虚假报道有什么影响？ 第二，引导性可视化与高期望相结合对恢复童年记忆有什么影响。 第三，成年人的真实记忆与虚假记忆有何区别？外行人辨别真假记忆的能力是什么？最后，什么样的个体差异在创造童年事件的虚假报道中是重要的。 正在进行两项实验，重点是期望和可视化及其对虚假报告的影响。 社区居民和大学生作为参与者。 家庭成员提供有关童年事件的信息，调查人员创造了错误的记忆。 采用方差分析和相关分析方法对数据进行分析。 研究结果将提供有关重建记忆的基本信息，并阐明目前关于错误记忆的法律的争议。 目前关于恢复的童年性虐待记忆的有效性的辩论具有重要的理论和法律的影响。 这项研究有望回答与辩论有关的几个重要问题。 首先，访谈者的预期对成年人对童年事件的真实和虚假报道有什么影响？ 第二，引导性可视化与高期望相结合对恢复童年记忆有什么影响。 第三，成年人的真实记忆与虚假记忆有何区别？外行人辨别真假记忆的能力是什么？最后，什么样的个体差异在创造童年事件的虚假报道中是重要的。 正在进行两项实验，重点是期望和可视化及其对虚假报告的影响。 社区居民和大学生作为参与者。 家庭成员提供有关童年事件的信息，调查人员创造了错误的记忆。 采用方差分析和相关分析方法对数据进行分析。 研究结果将提供有关重建记忆的基本信息，并阐明目前关于错误记忆的法律的争议。 ***

Goodman 9619034 The current debate concerning the validity of recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse has significant theoretical and legal implications. This research promises to answer several important questions pertinent to the debate. First, what are the effects of interviewers' expectancies on adults' true and false reports of childhood events? Second, what are the effects of guided visualizations combined with high expectancy on recovering memories of childhood. Third, what distinguishes adults true from false memories?, What are laypeople's abilities to discriminate between true and false memories? And, finally, what individual differences are important in the creation of false reports of childhood events. Two experiments focusing on expectancy and visualization and their effects on false reports are being conducted. Community residents and college students serve as participants. Family members provide information about childhood events and false memories are created by the investigators. Analyses of variance and correlational methods are used to analyze the data. The results will provide fundamental information about reconstructive memory as well as shed light on the current legal controversy regarding false memory. %%% The current debate concerning the validity of recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse has significant theoretical and legal implications. This research promises to answer several important questions pertinent to the debate. First, what are the effects of interviewers' expectancies on adults' true and false reports of childhood events? Second, what are the effects of guided visualizations combined with high expectancy on recovering memories of childhood. Third, what distinguishes adults true from false memories?, What are laypeople's abilities to discriminate between true and false memories? And, finally, what individual differences are important in the creation of false reports of childhood events. Two experiments focusing on expectancy and visualization and their effects on false reports are being conducted. Community residents and college students serve as participants. Family members provide information about childhood events and false memories are created by the investigators. Analyses of variance and correlational methods are used to analyze the data. The results will provide fundamental information about reconstructive memory as well as shed light on the current legal controversy regarding false memory. ***