False-memory Creation in Children and Adults: Theory, Research, and Implications

by David F. Bjorklund

Book Overview

As one of the most hotly debated topics of the past decade, false memory has attracted the interest of researchers and practitioners in many of psychology's subdisciplines. Real-world issues surrounding the credibility of memories (particularly memories of traumatic events, such as sexual abuse) reported by both children and adults have been at the center of this debate. Were the adults actually retrieving repressed memories under the careful direction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138003220
• ISBN13: 9781138003224
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"