Yuille & Cutshall (1986)

Yuille & Cutshall (1986)

1. To investigate the accuracy of recall in eyewitness to real crimes in response to leading questions

2. Crime was real gun shooting

3. Thief robbed gun shop, got shot, 21 witnesses

   • Different viewpoints

4. 13 partis, 15-32y, 3fem,

   • questioned 4-5 months after

5. a/ the broken headlight

6. a/the yellow panel

7. Rate stress

8. Found more info than police

9. Misleading q's had very little effect on memory

10. Eyewitnesses are not unreliable & were accurate

11. Has ecological validity

12. Scoring procedure produced qualitative data

    • No subjective interpretation

13. can't generalize

    • Could've been flashbulb memory

14. Weak points in scoring procedure - age thing