PSYCH230 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Structured Interview, Dependent And Independent Variables, Contact Hypothesis
22 Jan 2015
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The stages of memory: perception / attention stage when you first recognize something, ex. Recall memory reporting details of a previously witnessed event or person. Recognition memory determining whether a previously seen item or person is the same as what is currently being viewed. The laboratory simulation: unknowing participant views a critical event (ex. crime) through slide sequence, video recording, or live, unaware they will be questioned about the event until after the event is witnessed. Independent variables can be manipulated or examined within the laboratory simulation: estimator variables present at the time of the crime and cannot be changed. Ex. age of witness, amount of lighting, presence of weapon, intoxication: system variables variables that can be manipulated to increase / decrease accuracy. Al: general format of police interview, introduce themselves, ask witnesses to report what they remembered by using an open-ended format, ask witnesses series of direct questions to determine specific information.
