Psychology 2990A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Change Blindness, Deterrence Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2990A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazelwood

Document Summary

Eyewitness: most common reason for innocent people being convicted: to be an accurate witness people must comply with three stages of memory processing: acquisition, storage, and retrieval. Recovered memories: recollections of an event (i. e. sexual abuse) that have been forgotten or suppressed, unsure of the accuracy. False memory syndrome: remembering a past traumatic experience that is objectively false but nevertheless accepted as true: fabricated events were more likely to go over the top and elicit more emotional response. Physical evidence: is not as convincing alone, eyewitness statements are actually much more convincing to jurors. Statistical evidence: same as physical evidence, eyewitness statements are actually much more convincing to jurors and judges (i. e. blue bus case) even with group discussion and extended decision making time given. Jurors: actually only understand just over 60% of the instructions they are given. True confessions: mr big technique in canada used to elicit confessions (pg.