Essays on Loftus

Psychology

Psychology

What are minimal groups? How does group membership lead to prejudice and discrimination? Minimal groups are groups used in research methodology in social psychology. The groups are used for researching the minimal conditions that are necessary for discrimination to take place between the groups (Otten, 2016). Group membership leads to discrimination and prejudice by making people conform to the set of behaviors associated with the group they belong. The people conform as a result of the social norms which are considered to be the appropriate behavior in the group.

What is modern racism, and how is it studied?

Modern racism is one of the belief systems that ...

Interview contamination is an occurrence that happens when investigators negatively impact the process of interviewing. The resultant outcome is that the interviewee ends up providing inaccurate information. Contamination may from time to time interfere with the subject’s ability to assist in the investigation at hand effectively. Memory contamination often impedes the process of truth investigation and might end up compromising the case being investigated. From the innumerable studies conducted by memory experts such as Elizabeth Loftus, astounding results have been arrived at regarding the capacity of false memory implantation in a person’s mind. Age, occupation, gender and ...

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The high prevalence of substance use in the society has made more users to depend on opioid drugs to relieve pains and discomfort because of addiction. The problem contributes to high number of hospital visits and increasing admission rates in hospital’s acute care departments. The following paper aims at reviewing the literature on the acute pain management in chronic pain patients and opioid dependent patients. The outcome of the review plays a critical role in the field nursing practice by assisting professionals to develop strategies that help prevent adverse effects for the patient suffering from acute pain. The ...

Ivan Pavlov was born in Ryazan, Russia, in the year of 1849, in the family of the Orthodox priest. In 1875, he graduated from the University in St. Petersburg with the Life Sciences degree. After graduation, Pavlov studied medicine and was admitted to the Institute which specialized in Veterinary. He was in Germany and Belarus. There he was making experiments in the laboratories, researching digestion. But after coming back to Russia he began to study glandular secretions. His experiment animal was the dog. Pavlov applies surgical techniques to those dogs that is why it was difficult to make the ...

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Primary Hypothesis of the Study According to Loftus and Palmer (586), the primary hypothesis of the study is as follows: H1: Changes in a single word can markedly and systematically affect a witness’s answer to that question. Independent Variable The current study is comprised of two independent variables comprising of Verb and Verb Condition, in which the verbs like smashed, collided, bumped, hit and contacted are used (Loftus and Palmer 586).

Dependent Variable

The current study is comprised of two dependent variables comprising of Mean Speed Estimate and Yes and No Response, in which the mean speed of ...