Eyewitness Testimony

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  • Created on: 04-04-24 11:14
What is an Eyewitness testimony?
First-hand account of a crime retold from memory and used as evidence in a court case
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Factors affecting eyewitness testimony
Misleading information and Anxiety
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Misleading Information
Loftus concluded that any new information brought upon by new questions can alter the memory and lead to inaccurate recall
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Misleading information:leading questions
Questions phrased to hint at what the answer should be. They make it likely that their schema will make them give an expected answer or interpretation rather than actual events
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Misleading information:post event discussion
Memory may be altered by discussing the event with others or being asked about it multiple times
Witnesses see events from diff vantage points and when they are allowed to discuss what the recall it is often seen that the recall details they couldnt have
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Factors affecting eyewitness testimony

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Misleading information and Anxiety

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Misleading Information

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Misleading information:leading questions

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Misleading information:post event discussion

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