EWT AND MEMORY IN EVERYDAY LIFE

EWT AND MEMORY IN EVERYDAY LIFE

1. EYE WITNESS TESTIMONY

   • LOFTUS AND PALMER (1974)
   • LOFTUS ET AL. (1987)
   • EWT

2. MISLEADING INFORMATION

   • LOFTUS (1975)
   • McCLOSKEY AND ZARAGOZA (1985)

3. MEMORY: BARTLETT (1932) argued that we need to carry out tests that involve people recalling MEANINGFUL information to establish how memory works. He said that material recalled is integrated with past experience/ previous knowledge. He suggested that we create SCHEMAS which cuts down processing effort, but influences and can distort the processing of new information. BARTLETT'S STUDY 'WAR OF THE GHOSTS' implies that memory is incomplete and distorted.

   • SCHEMAS: Packets of information about people or events based on previous experience.