Eyewitness Testimony

1. 1Court cases often depend upon eyewitnesses testimonies (EWTs), but research suggests errors and inaccuracies occur resulting in wrongful convictions.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
2. 2Memories cannot be reconstructed over time due to ready made expectations based on previous experiences, moods, existing knowledge contexts.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
3. 3Anxiety affects recall by diverting attention towards important features of a situation.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
4. 4The Yerkes-Dodson inverted U-hypothesis is used to explain how moderate amounts of emotional arousal improve memory recall up to an optimal point, after which further increases lead to a decline.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
5. 5Repression suggest anxiety helps recall, with forgetting being motivated by traumatic content of memories. Access to such memories is denied to protect individuals from emotional distress.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
6. 6There is evidence that accuracy of EWT increases with age.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse

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