Eye Witness Testimony AO3
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- Created on: 03-02-20 11:26
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- Eyewitness Testimony A03
- Lots of Lab Studies
- they control variables
- L & P randomising video order (avoids order effects)
- a cause and effect statement can be made
- they control variables
- Practical Application
- because of the valid research it is used for police questioning
- Lots of Lab Studies
- they control variables
- L & P randomising video order (avoids order effects)
- a cause and effect statement can be made
- they control variables
- Demand Characteristic
- Zaragosa & McCloskay (1889)
- people want to be helpful so when asked a question eg, "did you see the broken glass?",
- they say yes because they think its the right answer
- this is demand characteristics which means it lacks internal validity
- they say yes because they think its the right answer
- people want to be helpful so when asked a question eg, "did you see the broken glass?",
- Zaragosa & McCloskay (1889)
- Lacks ecological validity
- these experiments are not like real life
- performed in a lab not a police station or crime
- these experiments are not like real life
- Lack of Consequence
- people experience different things in actual car crashes
- it wont matter if they get anything wrong
- Foster et al (1994)
- when people thought they'd saw a real robbery they
- were more accurate than lab study counterparts
- when people thought they'd saw a real robbery they
- people experience different things in actual car crashes
- Lots of Lab Studies
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