Psychology 2032A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Elizabeth Loftus, Hot Air Balloon, Eyewitness Memory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2032A/B
• Professor: John Campbell

Document Summary

All lecture and textbook material up till exam; no psychopathy until 2nd test. Interviewing witnesses: police officers can imped the interview process by: Steve titus: female hitchhiker was raped, police had time, description of the person and car. Pulled over steve titus, found he met the description and took his photo for a lineup; he was arrested and identified later in another lineup. When shown a lineup of victims she claimed he looked most like the rapist and then began assuming he was. Claimed she definitely knew it was him in court as a result of the false memory. Steve was convicted, got a new lawyer and a journalist following the case began helping create a timeline. He got a new trial and the sentence was overturned. No matter when we can without knowledge: study: 50% of subjects by the end of the week believed they were in a hot air balloon.