Assignment 9

Readings:

Scoboria, A., Mazzoni, G., Kirsch, I., & Milling, L. S. (2002). Immediate and persisting effects of misleading questions and hypnosis on memory reports. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 8, 26-32.

Mazzoni, G. A. L., Lombardo, P., Malvagia, S., & Loftus, E. F. (1999). Dream interpretation and false beliefs. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 30, 45-50.

Mazzoni, G. A. L., Loftus, E. F., Kirsch, I. (2001). Changing beliefs about implausible autobiographical events: A little plausibility goes a long way. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 7, 51-59.

Braun, K. A., Ellis, R., & Loftus, E. F. (2002). Make my memory: How advertising can change our memories of the past. Psychology and Marketing, 19, 1-23.

Assignment:

For each of these articles:

(1) Summarize the hypotheses they were testing. For each, give the logic and existing literature supporting the prediction.

(2) Explain how the experiment was conducted, including (a) what were the independent and dependent variables, (b) how were variables manipulated and measured, (c) what was the overall cover story given to subjects. (You do NOT need to include numbers of subjects and other details not specified here).

(3) What were the results? Did they support they hypothesis or not?