PSYC 2650 Lecture 9: PSYCH 2650 - LECTURE

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2650
• Professor: Dan Meegan

Document Summary

30 multiple choice with two short answer questions - related to. How post event information (e. g. misleading questions) can in uence memory for a witnessed event - police interrogation. Study: asked one of the two questions hit the car 34m/h vs. smashed 41m/h - hence, a word can change how one can see the scene and answer the questions. It is reliable but it is counterintuitive. Con dence is not a good predictor of accuracy because some are more con dent than others and they can have the same bad memories as someone that is not con dent. Testimony contains: what was seen and provided post event information. A eyewitness observes a workman go into an of ce, steal some money and pick up his hammer and leave - detail can you remember the hammer. You can have doubts in your mind if this is true or not, but this is more ecologically valid words.