Beliefs about memory among psychology students and their professors in psychodynamic clinical and experimental study programs |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Italy;2. Center for the Study of Human Cognition, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway;1. School of Optoelectronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China;2. National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Micro/Nano Fabrication, Institute of Microelectronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;3. National Key Laboratory for Electronic Measurement Technology, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China;1. School of Information Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;2. Troops 95285, PLA, Guilin 541007, China |
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Abstract: | IntroductionResearch has shown that lay people, and even psychologists, may have distorted knowledge about memory functioning. May different study programs in psychology influence their ideas?Objective(s)The study was aimed at evaluating psychology students’ and psychology professors’ knowledge about memory and factors potentially affecting the accuracy of episodic memory reports in clinical and legal contexts.MethodA questionnaire was administered to introductory and advanced students of psychology enrolled at different curricula – experimental psychology and clinical psychology with a psychoanalytical orientation – and to professors teaching the courses in the same curricula.ResultsResults showed that advanced students and professors in experimental psychology have higher general knowledge of factors influencing memory performance than their peers, including memory issues of particular relevance to clinical psychology; no difference between the curricula was found for the introductory students.ConclusionThe results are discussed in terms of the risks that the lack of knowledge on memory functioning of the psychologists with a psychodynamic orientation may have in producing wrong reports in forensic contexts. |
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Keywords: | Memory Eyewitness testimony Beliefs Psychology students Psychology professors Mémoire Témoignage Croyances Étudiants de psychologie Professeurs de psychologie |
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