Posted by K on February 26, 1999 at 17:00:39:
In Reply to: Elizabeth Loftus' Fraudulent Shopping Mall Study - EXPOSED posted by lurker on February 26, 1999 at 11:22:48:
Why has this woman been allowed to get away with this for _so_ long!
She is solely responsible for not correcting the media's portrayal of
the results of this "study." The FMSF ran with it and tried to use
it as a means of "proving" memories can be implanted by therapists -
because a group of parents lied to their kids about being lost in
a mall. I hope the exposure of Ceci and Bruck come next.
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: ...just published in "Ethics & Behavior", 9 (1), 39-50 and 61-68, 1999
: "Lost in a shopping mall"- a breach of professional ethics. by Crook & Dean.
: Loftus responds.
: The "lost in a shopping mall" study has been cited to support claims that
: psychotherapists can implant memories of false autobiographical information
: of childhood trauma in their patients. The mall study originated in 1991 as
: 5 pilot experiments involving 3 children and 2 adult participants. The
: University of Washington Human Subjects Committee granted approval for the
: mall study on August 10, 1992. The preliminary results with the 5 pilot
: subjects were announced 4 days later. An analysis of the mall study shows
: that beyond the external misrepresentations, internal scientific
: methodological errors cast doubt on the validity of the claims that have
: been attributed to the mall study within scholarly and legal arenas. The
: minimal involvement-- or, in some cases, negative impact -- of collegial
: consultation, academic supervision, and peer review throughout the
: evolution of the mall study are reviewed.