False memories - Lost in a shopping mall - Elizabeth Loftus

I love psychology, but it is hard! This is fascinating stuff.

psychology class,... is the most confusing class i ever take!!
do anyone know where i can find more about this "lost in the mall" study?

Hm, thanks for the replies. I live in Norway, and here the psychoanalytic, or mostly the psychodynamic view is still quite strong.. I think almost 40 % of the students studying to become psychologists study in psychodynamic practise. I think that is strange..

I agree more with Loftus. I think it is strange that Freuds theory still stays so strong in psychology. I mean, it is strange that we still today believe that people can forget something as traumatic as abuse etc. One, you may not be thinking about it all the time, or maybe not at all, but that isn't the same thing as forgetting. Two, if it happened when you were less than one year old, how possible could anyone that young remember anything?

Yes, but you should look at the research done by Linda Meyer Williams. The age is usually 6 years or younger not 1, and some of the women she interviewed 17 years after the abuse were under the age of 3 and remembered it clearly.

Just wanted to point out that Fredu's theory is not strong at all in psychology today. Sure it's taught in psychology classes (usually introductory) but the type of Freudian/psychoanalytic appraoch to 'therapy' has received little empirical support and is not often used in psychological practice.

In general, much of the data on so call "false memories" has been misapplied or has been promoted by those with an agenda to protect those guilty of alleged crimes against children.
Those like Underwager, have been connected to statements that appear to apologize for pedophilia, or Freyd, who was accused of abusing his child.

That was because the enema was an implausible event, as opposed to the being lost memory (plausible).

if she put false memories and its been discoverd imagin the top secret societies or the c.i.a or fbi etc etc they are the one who blew the 9/11 towers and fed lies sub consciously through the peoples mind and the proofs all over the net on who did it.

'subconscious' or subliminal messages is a true phenomenon but it is not a powerful medium to implant a false memory. At best, subliminal messaging may increase your likelihood of buying a soda. suggestive, yes. powerful, no.