PSYC39H3 Lecture Notes - Eyewitness Testimony, Eyewitness Memory, Recognition Memory
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Consequently, to make room for other, new information, information in your short-term memory passes into your longer-term holding facility, known as your: long term memory. Information from long-term memory can be accessed or retrieved as needed. Recall memory: reporting details of a previously witnessed event or person: for example, describing what the perpetrator did and what the perpetrator looked like are both recall tasks. Canada"s witness protection program: the goal of the program is to protect individuals who provide police with information in the investigation and prosecution of crime. Some of these individuals provide information that places them at risk for harm, such as organized crime or terrorism informants. The program offers both short-term protection and permanent relocation, including identity changes. Can use archival data such as police reports, or they can examine witnesses in naturalistic environments by accompanying police to crime scenes and interviewing witnesses after the police have done their job.
