PSYCH 1000 Lecture 17: Chapter 7 Part 3 Notes
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3/22/18: research suggests problems in eye-witness testimonies, often fail to pay attention to incidents, suggestible to misleading info, can get details wrong, stories change over time. ^^^the most frequent cause of wrongful conviction: problematic factors, giving eyewitnesses a lot of time to identify suspect (second guessing is likely, presenting suspects in a lineup/pick btwn pics (may look alike, cross-ethnic identification. Improvements: dont ask leading questions, present suspect one at a time, have presenter blind to condition (presenter doesnt know who suspect is, ask for a quick response--dont let witness deliberate too long, be suspicious of extreme confidence.
