Question

As an adult and a parent of a 4-year-old child, camille has seen many children begin to cry when placed on the lap of the mall santa or easter bunny. when discussing this with her brother, luis, he reminds her of the time when she was 5 years old, that she began crying hysterically, ran from santaâs lap, and was lost for nearly two hours. luis has made all of this up, but camille has a clear and distinct memory of the event he described. this demonstrates the role of _____ in producing false memories.

Answer 1

When Luis is telling his sister the story of her disappearing from a mall santa, he is playing the role of Plausible Events in producing false memories. This is because his sister believes that certain people, especially kids, do these things, so she does not believe it to be far-fetched for her to be doing these things. Therefore, when Luis essentially lies to her, she believes it because it is not an incredible lie, and she already has a pre-disposition to believe that kids do these things.