Is there a psychological phenomenon known as?

Question

replaced memory syndrome? or some similar title? and if so can any one explain it?

Answer 1

There is REPRESSED memory syndrome, not REPLACED. This occurs when someone has "forgotten" a memory, usually due to some trauma associated with it. The mind, in an effort to deal with the trauma that the memory creates, literally pushes the memory down to where the individual cannot recall it. Sometimes later in life some event will trigger the memory to be released, or it can be brought to the surface via therapy and/or hypnosis.

Answer 2

Yes in psychology memories can be replaced or adjusted by what you believe may have happened. You can convince yourself that the memory happened a different way and eventually you will remember it this way, it can also happen subconsciously.

The thing is that memories aren't like files stored on a hard-drive, they are subjective and flimsy. Memories are always slanted to make you look good, and memories are based on your experiences, your perceptions and most importantly your expectations.

For example they did a study with witnesses to a car crash, they divided the witnesses into 3 groups and asked them each the same question but worded differently. 1. How fast was the car going when it bumped the other car? 2. How fast was the car going when it hit the other car? 3. How fast was the car going when it smashed into the other car. (something like that). respondents to question 1 almost all said it was between 10-20 mph, respondents to question 2 said it was about 30-40mph, and those who were given question 3 responded with 50-60 mph! Their memories were shaped by the question. That's how evanescent memory is!

I do not know if there is any specific name for fully replaced memories (though dissociative identity disorder -i.e. multiple personalities- can create false memories) however. I'm not sure if this helps at all.

Answer 3

Sounds like you're asking about FALSE MEMORY SYNDROME, such as believing something happened when it didn't. If we imagine something enough, add in lots of rich details, and are part of a group (like a therapy group) that supports this viewpoint, we may come to believe a "memory" is true when it isn't. Studies have been done supporting this (read Elizabeth Loftus's book) and younger people seem more susceptible, but there are many variables. You can do it to yourself, too.

Answer 4

there are false memories. they are often due to confabulation: if someone tells you of something that happened, your memory can fill in the gaps so that you remember it actually happening. for example, a study was done where a researcher showed subjects a video clip of a car passing a stop sign, were asked how fast the car was going when it passed the yield sign, (which it did not) and later described the stop sign as a yield sign. of course, non-research cases of people getting false memories are often not so frivolous.

Answer 5

Yes and it is alto more common than you may think , the problem derives from a remarkably dull life where the sufferer , due to extreme trauma , tot tally forgets there formal life and start to imagine a tottally new and more interesting set of circumstances

Answer 6

There were some studies done where people were questioned and then also had suggested answers stated to them. They were then brought back a period of time later and remembered the suggestions as their own. It has been brought up as a problem in child abuse cases where suggestions have been made and possibly been placed.

Answer 7

I don't know that there is a name for such a thing.But alot of police officers use that to get you to confess.

Answer 8

Too many pints dear!

Answer 9

Never heard of it

Answer 10

nope