How Your Memory Can Be Tricked

The video explores how human memory is not like a camera but more like a Wikipedia page, where memories can be altered by suggestion, source misattribution, and spontaneous false memories. It discusses studies demonstrating these phenomena, such as the power of suggestion affecting memory recall and source misattribution leading to false memories. The video also covers unconscious transference, where innocent people are misremembered as criminals. The conclusion emphasizes the unreliability of memory and encourages viewers to be cautious about trusting their recollections.

How does the video compare memory to a Wikipedia page?

• Memories are static and unchangeable.

• Memories can be edited by oneself and others.

• Memories are always accurate.

• Memories are stored in a physical format.

What was the effect of using the word 'smashed' instead of 'hit' in the car crash study?

• It made participants remember more details.

• It had no effect on the participants' memory.

• It decreased the estimated speed of the cars.

• It increased the estimated speed of the cars.

What is source misattribution?

• Confusing the source of a memory with a dream.

• Remembering events that never happened.

• Confusing imagined actions with real ones.

• Forgetting the details of a real event.

What is a DRM list used to demonstrate?

• The speed of memory retrieval.

• The creation of false memories.

• The ease of memorizing unrelated words.

• The accuracy of memory recall.

What is unconscious transference?

• Remembering events in the wrong order.

• Forgetting a memory entirely.

• Misremembering an innocent person as a criminal.

• Transferring memories from one person to another.