The Reliability of Memory

According to Sternberg (1999), memory is an extraction of information experiences used in the past. Regardless of academic, professional, social, it is essential to search memory in every aspect of everyday life. However, many think that memory is a matter of course, thinking that they are reliable because they think realistically. This type of memory is also called flash memory. (Brown and Kulik, 1977). The question of whether our memory is reliable and accurate has been shown to affect the precise details of providing past events. (British Psychology Association, 2011). In this article, I will do some discussion, but in fact, human memory is not completely reliable to display more content.

The subjects were 3 males aged 18 to 53 and 21 females. They are chosen according to their related members and they understand their children 's experience well.

Subjects were provided with a booklet containing three true events and a brief description of one incorrect event that were said to have occurred between 4 and 6 years of age. These are based on information provided by relatives and instruct the subject to record what they can remember. After that, we interviewed two consecutive times at intervals of about two weeks, and the subjects were asked to evaluate their clarity and reliability on a scale of 1 to 10 and 1 to 5, respectively.

The results showed that 29% of subjects "remember" incorrect events, regardless of whether they were partial or full when they first read the booklet. In the next two interviews, 25% of respondents claimed that they "remembered" this incorrect event. In addition, in the first and second interviews, the average clarity of wrong memory increased from 8 to 6. This suggests that there are even ways to encourage people to recall their past and "remember" events that do not exist. Most subjects successfully remember that 68% of actual events have a high level of confidence and clarity, but this does not indicate that they did not confuse the previous mistake.

Reliability of Human Memory in Witness's Memory In this article it is unreliable and accurate to discuss how human memory reminds of past events, explained by the credibility and evidence of memory in the witness . Human memory is a complex finding in cognitive psychology research and can be explained by many different factors, but witnesses rely on the accuracy of long-term memory. However, evidence of research

Witness testimony is the form of evidence used in the court system. It relied heavily on the memory of the witnesses (the people who saw the events) until Elizabeth Loftus and his colleagues began to consider the reliability of the memory, and the court system said the memory of the witnesses was very accurate Thought. In this research we will see further reading that this might not apply. This study is based on Barlett's schema theory, suggesting that memory may be affected by previous knowledge. For example, if you see something flying in the air, it is blue and very small, but since it can not see anything, ask what you saw me. In this example, I do not know exactly what I saw, but I used previous knowledge to infer what I saw. This is the philosophy behind Loftus and Palmer's research. Our previous knowledge will influence our memory.

Indeed, within the scope of certain parameters, we can demonstrate the reliability of memory and the reliability between specific situations and specific groups. Cognitive psychologists can test people's memory of related word pairs and determine under what conditions they are likely to happen. These studies are not only intrinsically interesting (although there are reasons to rely on so many memories), it is very useful and how we can improve the ability to remember information when needed It helps to understand. However, as they are as interesting and useful as these empirical studies, there is a reason to doubt that they can show the general reliability of memory.