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Question 6

The best explanation of the vivid memories of those who remember being abducted by aliens is:

The abductee had something strange happen which they are interpreting as an alien abduction

The abductee went to hynotherapy where they uncovered "memories" of the alien abduction

The abductee went to an alien abduction support group wehre they got ideas that created a false memory

All of the above

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Question 7

If you are ever on a jury, you should:

Be skeptical/critical of eye-witness testimony

Believe eyewitness testimony

Disbelieve eyewitness testimony

all of the above

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Question 8

Some people seem to remember living past lives. What is a good explanation for this phenomena.

The individual is remembering something from a movie or from their own past, not from a previous existence/past life.

The individual has had memories implanted (perhaps unintentionally) by a hypnotherapist or regression therapist.

The individual has come up with a creative explanation for a recurring dream or thought that probably has an ordinary explanation.

All of the above

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Question 9

How is our memory like the telephone game?

Each time we recall a memory, it gets distorted

Memory uses a pathway like a telephone line

A lot of people have similar memories like it takes a lot of people to play telephone

None of the above

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Question 10

When a person tells a story about their past with conviction and passion that must mean that it is true.

True

False

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6.all of the above as the input for the memory can be received from anywhere

7. be skeptical/ critical of eye witness testimony as you need to think logcally as well as evidently about the matter

8. individual has had memories implanted ( perhaps unintentionally) by a hypnotherapist or regression therapist. it involves thinking in an unconscious manner and if the debriefing goes wrong or is insfficient the memories of past life can trouble an individual

9. it uses pathway like a telephone line involving encoding, decoding recall etc

10.false as many a times a self confident person lies with conviction and passion hence it is not gauranteed it might be true or false