accuracy of eyewitness testimony
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- Created on: 31-05-18 13:18
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- accuracy of eyewitness testimony
- misleading information
- description
- loftus and palmer- critical questioning with the verb smashed, collided , bumped - this estimated higher speed with verb smash
- post-event discussing can alter eyewitness memory of event
- leading questions suggest the desired answer
- conformity effect as pps discussion with others can influence the recollection
- description
- anxiety
- description
- Johnson and scott - weapon focus effect reduces accuracy of face identification
- Loftus et al - monitored eye focus when weapon was present - weapon was the focal point
- stress reduces performance on complicated cognitive tasks
- yerkes-dodson effect - explains high accuracy at moderate levels of anxiety and low accuracy when anxiety is high or low
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- evaluation
- pickel-weapon focus due to surprise not anxiety
- Deffenbacher et al- real life studies show even less accuracy than lab studies so lab findings actually underestimate the effects of anxiety
- Halford et al - type of crime affects recall as violent crimes more accurate than non-violent
- evaluation
- real-life EWT may be more accurate as lb studies not taken seriously
- yullie and cutshall- witnesses to real crime fed misleading information but still accurate recall shows real life EWT is more resistant to mis leading information
- misleading information
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