Psychology 2032A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Albert Horsley, Eyewitness Memory, Elizabeth Loftus

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2032A/B
• Professor: John Campbell

Document Summary

Forensic psych was rejected when it was first introduced by the other sciences and judicial system. Apparent relation; worse accuracy, higher confidence: binet: suggestibility in children, found that children were responsive to suggestive questioning techniques. If asked something or told something the following days they would incorporate it into their memory. When eyes deceive video: very inaccurate; large height discrepancy as well as extremely inaccurate testimony as to the outfit off the person. In the early 1900"s he contributed to 2 high profile cases: the case of richard ivens (1906); young intellectually disabled man confessed to a murder and rape of a woman. Munsterberg analyzed the interrogation records and concluded they were unreliable and untrue and should not be admissible: harry orchard (1907) orchard confessed to killing a former governor and several others but on the orders of a union boss. The legal profession did not exactly welcome the field with open arms.