Chapter 7. The Construction of False Events in Memory

  1. Helen L. Westcott2,
  2. Graham M. Davies3,
  3. Ray H. C. Bull4
  1. Kathy Pezdek,
  2. Tiffany Hinz

Published Online: 27 MAY 2008

DOI: 10.1002/9780470713679.ch7

Children's Testimony: A Handbook of Psychological Research and Forensic Practice

Children's Testimony: A Handbook of Psychological Research and Forensic Practice

How to Cite

Pezdek, K. and Hinz, T. (2008) The Construction of False Events in Memory, in Children's Testimony: A Handbook of Psychological Research and Forensic Practice (eds H. L. Westcott, G. M. Davies and R. H. C. Bull), John Wiley & Sons Ltd, West Sussex, England. doi: 10.1002/9780470713679.ch7

Editor Information

  1. 2

    Faculty of Social Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

  2. 3

    Department of Psychology, University of Leicester, UK

  3. 4

    Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, UK

Author Information

  1. Department of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 27 MAY 2008
  2. Published Print: 1 JAN 2002

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780471491729

Online ISBN: 9780470713679

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Keywords:

  • memory;
  • sexual-abuse perpetrators;
  • false memory syndrome foundation;
  • childhood;
  • participants

Summary

This chapter contains section titled:

  • Loftus and Pickrell (1995)

  • Pezdek, Finger, and Hodge (1997) and Pezdek and Hodge (1999)

  • Hyman, Husband, and Billings (1995)

  • Ceci, Huffman, Smith, and Loftus (1996); Ceci, Loftus, Leichtman, and Bruck (1994); and Huffman, Crossman, and Ceci (1997)

  • Carry, Manning, Loftus, and Sherman (1996)

  • Mazzoni, Loftus, Seitz, and Lynn (1999)

  • Conclusions

  • References