Psychology 2135A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Hot Air Balloon, Eyewitness Testimony, Episodic Memory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2135A/B
• Professor: Graeme Haynes

Document Summary

Lotus and palmer (1974: participants were shown a video clip of a minor car accident. Guessed: 32 mph: researchers varied the adjectives that were used to describe the collision. Guessed: 40 mph: both groups overestimated the speed, more likely to report seeing broken glass when there was none present. Eyewitness testimony is less reliable when: people try to identify those of other ethnicities, situation highly stressful, weapon present, brief exposure to perpetrator. Lindsay and wells (1985: participants watched a video of a simulated crime taking place, some participants were given a simultaneous line up and others were given a sequential line up. Simultaneous line up: 35% of participants made wrong identification. False (cid:373)e(cid:373)ories for e(cid:374)tire episodes (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e i(cid:373)pla(cid:374)ted i(cid:374) people"s (cid:373)i(cid:374)ds. E. g. , wade et al. (2002: showed participants photo shopped picture of hot air balloon (with them and relative in it)