How accurate are the memories that are recovered under hypnosis?
This exercise is the first research assignment designed to get you familiar with doing research using the psychology journal database. For all of the writing assignments in this class you will need to use the PsychInfo or PsychArticles database that you access through the library website. These databases contain thousands of articles published in journals that are refereed and reviewed by established scientists. You must use these databases to search for articles related to your interest area. You MUST learn to use the psychology databases through the library access for these assignments. For the first assignment you are to find a specific article listed below that helps us understand the implications of using hypnosis to aid individuals to remember events that they may have forgotten. Hypnosis can be used in some types of therapy and the question is “How accurate are the memories that are recovered under hypnosis?” Some individuals troubled by past personal events and undergoing hypnosis have “recovered” memories of being sexually abused by a relative. They have involved the police and through a court trial the accused abuser has been put into jail when the ONLY evidence is this individual’s recovered memory. Should we believe this person? Are these recovered memories using hypnosis accurate? To better answer these questions we need to review the results of other investigations into recovered memories using hypnosis. We are going to use the PSYCHINFO database to search for research that is related to this question. You are to:
1) Find the article using the library electronic database
2) Save the pdf to your flash drive or ISU account hard drive space
3) Print it out and read it
4) Using your knowledge of experimental design identify the research question, the independent and dependent variables, and the results.
5) Create a one page word document that clearly states the above and then comment on the methodology or results of the article. Include an APA style reference to this article at the bottom of the page. Be sure to create a header with a running head on the left and page number on the right.
6) We are using APA style for this research paper so you will need to make sure you have a cover page at the start and a reference page at the end. Use the Sample paper as a template to help you get the page numbers, running head, margins and other formatting correct.
7) You should title this paper with some version of our research question – Is the accuracy of personal memories improved with hypnosis? Or something like that. Then you should attempt to answer the question based on the results of the study. You should include enough information about the methodology (how did they hypnotize the subjects and how did they measure the accuracy of memory reports) to demonstrate you understand how to design an experiment to answer this type of question.
FIND THIS ARTICLE:
Nash, M.R., Drake, S.D., Wiley, S, Khalsa, S. & Lynn, S.J. (1986). Accuracy of recall by hypnotically age-regressed subjects. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 95(3), 298-300.
Start by going to our class blackboard site and clicking the button labeled “ISU Library”
Then under the Student Tab choose the second item ‘electronic resources’ (e-journals, e-books, databases).
At the top of the next page in the blue bar where it says “Select a Subject” select Psychology from the drop down menu to search for Psychology databases. Click Search
It will find 3 recommended databases
