Conformity vs contamination

What is Memory conformity?

When witnesses fabricate their memories in order to achieve social acceptance because they believe the other witnesses are right and they are wrong

What is memory contamination?

When co-witnesses to a crime discuss it with each other, their memory becomes distorted since they combine misinformation from other witnesses with their own memories

Evidence against memory conformity

Skagerberg and Write held a study. They made one condition watch a mugger with dark brown hair and one with light brown hair. Participants then discussed.

They ended up merging both version together.

shows that memory is distored through contamination instead of memory conformity

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