LAW 402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Eyewitness Memory, Recognition Memory, Sensory System
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Atkinson & shiffrin (1968: model of memory, sensory memory short-term memory long-term memory, sm. Temporary memory tied to the sensory system. Inattentive blindness: do not consciously process unattended to visual stimuli. Cha(cid:374)ge bli(cid:374)d(cid:374)ess: failure to (cid:374)oti(cid:272)e differe(cid:374)(cid:272)es i(cid:374) o(cid:374)e"s environment: stm. Storage system that briefly holds information in awareness. Working memory: active processing that keeps information available for current use. Can only held 7 2 pieces of information. Must actively use info or retrieve from ltm: ltm. Memory bias: tend to place ourselves as the central character in a memory. Source attribution error: remember something but unsure where it came from. Eyewitness memory: recall event/crime, recall perpetrator, recognition of perpetrator. Eyewitness testimony: powerful testimony, argued as the most compelling evidence, loftus & ketcham, 1991, memory is fallible. Hard to detect biases in potential jurors: cross-examination, jury deliberation. Jurors place too much faith in eyewitness testimony. Manson criteria: opportunity to view the perpetrator.
