EyeWitness Testimony
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- Created on: 26-02-19 11:43
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- EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY
- Eyewitness - Individuals who see an event such as crime occurring and can give a report on the happenings
- Eyewitness Testimony - refers to an account given by people of an event they have witnessed
- Factors Effecting EWT : Post Event Information
- Post-Event Information refers to what happened after the event that may have influenced the ability to recall the information
- Re - constructive Memory (Bartlett, 1932)
- Mis - Information Effect
- KEY EVALUATION POINTS
- Factors Effecting EWT : Stress and Arousal
- Yerkes-Dodson Law (1908)
- Applying this to EWT..
- Flashbulb Memories...
- KEY EVALUATION POINTS
- Factors Affecting EWT ; The Weapon Effect
- If there is a weapon used in an event this will affect eye witness recall..
- This is because people concentrate on the weapon rather than other details
- STRESS - Weapon causes high stress levels (Yerkes Dodson Law)
- ATTENTION
- Loftus et al. (1978)
- KEY EVALUATION POINTS
- If there is a weapon used in an event this will affect eye witness recall..
- Loftus and Palmer (1974) - Classic Study
- Valentine and Mesout (2009) - Contemporary Study
- Eyewitness - Individuals who see an event such as crime occurring and can give a report on the happenings
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