Psychology 2032A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Eyewitness Memory, Suggestibility, Psych
16 Dec 2017
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Lecture 2 - history and challenges of forensic psychology. Misinformation effect: wording of a question can create misinformation. She would show every one the same thing but then ask them questions changing only one describing word. Saying how fast were they going when they smashed instead when they collided, people reported faster speeds. She has changed the way police and court use eyewitness testimonies, line ups. Her research is based upon and contributes to her work. Conducted experiments looking at what today would be called the psychology of eyewitness testimony. What was the weather like 1 week ago today? o o. Key finding was not only that students were inaccurate but they were often quite confident in their answers despite the inaccuracy o o. Studies by albert binet showed that the testimony provided by children was highly susceptible to suggestive questioning techniques.
