Ep. 213 - The Doctor Is In Series - Everything You Remember is False

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

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• Social-Engineer channel on SLACK– https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb
• CLUTCH– http://www.pro-rock.com/
• 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

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• innocentlivesfoundation.org

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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.