Long-term Memory

False Memory
• “psychological problems indicate abuse or
trauma as a child”
– the self-help book, “The Courage to Heal”
• “if you have a pattern of symptoms such as low self-esteem,
depression, etc., then you were probably abused”
– Court cases of recovered abuse
– often memories arise in therapy
• questionable therapy as source
– hypnosis
– sodium amytal
– leading questions
– imagination exercises