False Induction Argument Analysis

In this article by Susan Clancy, Richard McNally, Daniel Schacter, and Mark Lenzenweger. They take a look at the memory of those who have a claim to be abducted by aliens. Throughout this article the researchers wanted to test four hypotheses with regard to false recall and false recognition and produced a thesis statement that stated, "those reporting recovered and repressed memories of alien abduction were more prone than control participants to exhibit false recall and recognition. The groups did not differ in correct recall or recognition. Hypnotic suggestibility, depressive symptoms, and schizotypic features were significant predictors of false recall and false recognition" (Clancy, McNally, Schacter, Lenzenweger, 2002). The supporting arguments used in this article to support the thesis, as mentioned above are the four hypotheses that are stated regarding false recall and recognition. The …show more content…
On the good side, I liked how they used alien abduction as a focus point in their research it makes it an interesting topic to read on since most people question if alien abduction is real or is it just a myth. On the other hand, in my opinion, the article I believe focuses on too many things. For example, they had four hypotheses. It makes for a long study and sometimes gets a little confusing to read, while trying to remember what each hypotheses was that they were doing the research on. I feel the research study would have been better if they focused on one or even two hypotheses in one study and the other two in a different study, or even instead of having four separate studies, collaborate and produce one big hypotheses and just focus their research on that one hypotheses, instead of four all in one to make it an easier article to read. Overall, I found this article interesting to read minus the one major thing I found to be a con of the