Talk:Memory conformity/Archive 1

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 25 February 2020 and 2 May 2020. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): SofiaM80.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 00:52, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Comment from Jtiller11
I think this could be put into different words to make it sound better. I also think that it needs more information explaining it. Jtiller11 (talk) 03:55, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Comments from ritapsych250
The introduction could be clearer and easier to read if it was broken up into several paragraphs. Consider focusing on three or four of the main points of memory conformity and then building short paragraphs off of those topics. Ritapsych250 (talk) 01:06, 17 April 2020 (UTC) ritapsych250

Comments
The article and reference are put together well, there was a minor grammar error in the sentence and i am not sure in what direction they may have been going...(interaction after a certain even is more likely to have their thoughts persuaded into something other than what they actually witnessed.) after a certain ("event?")That is what i would change about the article Rameyer13 (talk) 23:57, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

The changes made by Jesanchrs were very useful, however I believe that the sources need to be cited differently. Additionally I think that there needs to be in-text citations. --Jamccammond (talk) 04:15, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

psych 101-43 After Critiquing Jesanchrs on the information given indeed was interesting and enlightening, I believe that a better source could had been used, I added information to further benefit this article, as well as a new source. --JC92scc (talk) 21:06, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi- This page was mentioned as needing help when I signed in, and I hope my example about Hess is not to far out there, but it seemed to fit in quite well, showing effects of memory conformity. After those two original people identified Hess everyone after just assumed it was him. Of course he went on to the Nuremberg Trials and was imprisoned in Spandau Prison for the rest of his life. Scslate (talk) 01:29, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Merger proposal with Memory Conformity
We should discuss this here, but honestly, what is there to discuss? These are two articles about the same subject. If I wouldn't have a job, I could do the merging myself, but unfortunately, I don't have the time for it... Lova Falk    talk   15:04, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Education program
We are three students from a Davidson College cognitive psychology class have taken on the subject of "Memory Conformity" for a Wikipedia group project.


 * Expand Definition of Memory conformity
 * Source monitoring (source memory) is an important part of memory conformity in terms of internal confidence in attribution of a memory and should be introduced early in the article. . The social influence of memory conformity should also be explored early on. Research shows that external sources can heavily influence a subjects memory, and that the subjects level of conformity varies based on the perceived credibility of the external source.
 * Expand Three Main Types
 * We would also like to expand the overview and turn the three categories - normative influences of memory conformity, informative influences of memory conformity, and post event memory distortion - into larger headings within which we can explore the specifics of memory conformity.


 * Normative influences - Asch study on social conformity as a factor in memory conformity.. We would attempt to add specific examples of memory conformity with largely normative influences. Social anxiety may increase the normative influence on memory report. Social type of an individual might affect their willingness to be externally influenced. Other Examples.


 * Informative influences - Lack of internal confidence in terms of validity of memory leads to external memory conformity. We can discuss the affects of the balance between self confidence and perception of memory accuracy in self vs. other. Examples.


 * Post-Event Memory Distortion - Information/discussion that unconsciously affects a subjects memory of a particular event. Particularly important for witness testimony and post-event information exposure.  We Should also look into the affects of hindsight bias on reporting.


 * By expanding the overview we would also remove the repetitive material from the Memory conformity defined section


 * Expand Implications section


 * Memory conformity has obvious clutural/legal implications. We hope to add other famous examples of the legal implications of memory conformity and look into implications of witness interaction, and cross examination.


 * Clarify postwarning section


 * We are also hoping to clarify the post warning section. We think that the post warnings section should be changed to post-event information (if that is what post warnings are supposed to generally encompass). This can be broken down into post event information that reduces memory conformity, or post event information causes memory conformity.


 * Ways to reduce Memory Conformity Initial internal memory recall may help reduce external conformity.

FOR DAVIDSON PEER REVIEWS The version before our first edit of the actual main space was at 04:11, 20 March 2013‎ (by Jonesey95) and our last edit was at 04:34, 20 March 2013‎. You can find both in the history.

Frholcomb (talk) 05:14, 18 February 2013 (UTC) Lindsay Blum (talk) 05:15, 18 February 2013 (UTC) Luwulsin (talk) 05:18, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Comments from other editor(s)
Hi Frholcomb, Lindsay Blum, and Luwulsin! I didn't check all of your sources, but those I checked were all WP:primary sources, that is, results of single studies. However, Wikipedia is not an academic paper or essay! Wikipedia articles should be based on reliable, published secondary sources (for instance, journal reviews and professional or advanced academic textbooks) and, to a lesser extent, on tertiary sources (such as undergraduate textbooks). WP:MEDRS describes how to identify reliable sources for medical information, which is a good guideline for many psychology articles as well. So please, reconsider your choice of sources and use secondary sources instead! With friendly regards,  Lova Falk     talk   19:54, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Semi-protection edit request on 27 March 2017
Frevangelion (talk) 23:39, 27 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Padlock-silver-open.svg Not done: According to the page's protection level you should be able to edit the page yourself. If you seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. —  IVORK  Discuss 00:13, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador Program course assignment
This article was the subject of an educational assignment at Davidson College supported by WikiProject Psychology and the Wikipedia Ambassador Program&#32;during the 2013 Q1 term. Further details are available on the course page.

The above message was substituted from by PrimeBOT (talk) on 16:37, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador Program course assignment
This article was the subject of an educational assignment at St. Charles Community College supported by WikiProject Psychology and the Wikipedia Ambassador Program&#32;during the 2011 Q3 term. Further details are available on the course page.

The above message was substituted from by Primefac (talk) on 16:53, 2 January 2023 (UTC)