The Misinformation Effect

MISINFORMATION EFFECT
The misinformation effect occurs when people’s recollection of events is distorted by the information given to them after the event happened. This means it is false but possible that can confuse our memory. It is referring to the impairment of memory for the past that arises after exposure to the misleading information. The misinformation effect is in the eyewitness testimony. Eyewitness testimony means an information or evidence that provided by people who witness an event such as a crime, reporting from our memory. Researcher has proves their research that the information or evidence given by the eyewitnesses may not accurate. On 1974, Elizabeth Loftus and John Palmer had found the that the assessment of the speed of a videotaped

After the event happened in a few weeks later, Jason is being asked questions such as “When did you played with that person who was wearing a red T-shirt and what games did you play?” From the questions, we know that such questions should not be asked to Jason because it is misleading post-event information that would create false suggestion that person was wearing a red T-shirt instead of blue T-shirt. Jason should be asked a question such as “When you played with that person who was wearing a T-shirt and what games did you play?” this question is a neutral question that will not confuse Jason to deliver his information because when a control subject was asked with question which contains misleading questions, it may cause the misinformation effect.
In a nutshell, the misinformation effect can be called as unreal memories when people believe in what they think, but the event does not occur in reality. This means, we predict what is happening on the event with inaccurate information because our memory is easily disturbed by the time and this cause our original memory tend to be distorted.