PSYCH 3CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Zaragoza, Dark Skin, Eyewitness Testimony
4 Nov 2020
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Sometimes we store aspects of the scene that weren"t actually there: we think oh it must have been the case" and then store these assumptions. Has to do with repeated recollections of something. This is relevant to forensic context because it is not unusual for witnesses to be interviewed a number of different times: may get asked very same questions many times. Problem: whatever they tend to recall first time is what they tend to recall second time: if the miss out details first time, will miss out details next time, leading questions. Questions that suggest a particular answer; these make individuals modify their recall of an event. Ex: harris 1973: showed people film of basketball player, questions differend in wording: how tall was basketball player? (ave answer: ___?? (words above: each word suggests a different speed (smashed suggests a high speed) results: answers varied with questions different word choices.
