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Misleading information (eyewitnesses)
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- 1What is eye witness testimony?The account given by witnesses of what they saw during a crime or incident.
- 2What are leading questions?Questions that are worded in a way which may bias how a respondent answers.
- 3How do leading questions effect eyewitness’s?It’s catches out lying or confused witnesses.
- 4What is post-event discussion?Any discussion with others on an incident/crime.
- 5How can post-event discussion effect an eyewitness?The original memory of an event maybe distorted due to conformity to social norms.
- 6Other things that may distort eyewitness’s testimony:Repeated interviews, because comments and leading questions may influence the witness.
- 7Who researched this?Loftus + palmer
- 8What was loftus and palmers experiment?Students were shown clips of a car accident, they were then split up and asked how fast they thought the car was going using different verbs.
- 9Strengths of experiment?Huge practical uses in the real world.
- 10Weaknesses?Demand characteristics.
The experiment is artificial they weren’t witnessing real accidents.
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- A level Psychology (memory) Flashcards on Misleading information (eyewitnesses), created by pearl tshimbalanga on 08/12/2017.
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