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Understanding Psychology, 6/e
Robert S. Feldman, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Memory

Internet Exercises

Elizabeth Loftus has written an article for the Skeptical Inquirer titled "Remembering Dangerously." After you read it on the site below, develop an opinion regarding the recall of "repressed memories." Do you agree with Loftus? Why or why not?
http://www.csicop.org/si/9503/memory.html

Using the site below as a starting point (you may need to find additional sites as well), describe the kinds of stress that persons who care for Alzheimer's patients are likely to face.
http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/Caring_for_someone_with_dementia/Coping_with_caring/info_yourself.htm

At the site shown below, you can find a number of tips on improving memory. After exploring the site, develop a plan for improving your own memory.
http://www.mindtools.com/memory.html









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