Psychology 2032A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Karla Homolka, Aversion Therapy, Adolescent Sex

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

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Lecture 6 - eye witness memory and sex offenders. Interviewing witnesses: police officers may impede the interview process by: Witness contamination: witnesses can be contaminated by information they may become aware of from other witnesses and police officers. For example, if they directly communicate with each other or learn of what others have reported: this is known as memory conformity. The misinformation studies: results: participants who are given misinformation provide different reports than those who receive no misleading information. Subtle difference in phrasing of the question (ex. smashed instead of hit) may bias witness response: elizabeth loftus. Elizabeth loftus: developed and come up with the misinformation effect. Leading researcher in the field of eye witness memory. Female hitchhiker was raped: given information of event and rapist from victim, however points in the (cid:448)i(cid:272)ti(cid:373)s state(cid:373)e(cid:374)t/i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374) that did(cid:374)"t (cid:373)at(cid:272)h up. Steve titus was arrested and identified in a photo and live line up: but these discrepancies were not enough.