Psychology 1

The misinformation effect - memory is distorted by misleading information present after the facts Eyewitness Testimony - when you see two cars smashed together, the speed that people feel will vary depends on the word used to describe the collision. Source confusion- recalling something as familiar but being uncertain where we encountered it originally (we’re confused about the “source” of the memory) E.x. look at the mugshot of people- no ID, then pick up the person from the lineup b/c ...