PSYC1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: El Paso, Texas, Yield Sign, Dependent And Independent Variables
9 Aug 2018
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Eyewitness testimony is commonly used as evidence in court and is one of the most persuasive forms of evidence for juries (wells, It is important to establish whether or not the juror(cid:495)s faith in these testimonies is warranted. Many psychologists argue that eyewitness memory is not as reliable as the layperson may believe. Psyc1001 lecture 2 forensic psychology: estimator variables. Many features of an event can influence a person(cid:495)s perception: Really quick event seconds long wouldn(cid:495)t anticipate the witness to describe the perpetrator very well: exposure time, lighting, distance, physical disguise, distraction, alcohol/drugs. State dependent memory we recall things better when we are in the same state when we learnt the event. Own race bias: tendency for people to have difficulty identifying people of another race. 86 convenience store clerks in el paso, tx. Asked to identify 3 customers (confederates): white, Results: more likely to identify same race customer: likely due to a lack of interracial contact.
