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Usefulness

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Useful
Shows it is easy to change memory of an event
Practical application for the police
Not useful
Only 121/150 ppts answered no suggesting that it isn’t that easy to change a persons memory

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Ethical issues

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Ethically worthy as it helps us understand whether witnesses should/shouldn’t be questioned about events to get a true picture of what happened

3
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Link to area

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Investigating cognitive processes of memory

Specifically, reconstructive nature of memory, showing leading questions to have an affect to change memory of an event

4
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Link to key theme

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Provides empirical evidence that info received after an event affects memory, shows memory is reconstructive

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Psychology as a science

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Controlled lab exp which meets criteria so it is scientific