Psychology 2990A/B- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 83 pages long!)

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2990A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazelwood

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Eyewitness testimony: cattel: 56 college students recall things in their daily life- often inaccurate, not much relationship between accuracy and confidence. E. g. , alfred binet: displace object, write down everything they saw. Asked with direct, mildly leading, highly leading questions. Report everything they saw resulted in the most accurate answers. Children are highly susceptive to suggestive question. E. g. , willam stern: (cid:498) the reality experiment(cid:499): two student arguing in the classroom, observer then asked questions about the event testimony participant are often inaccurate. Emotion arousal can have negative impact on accuracy. Extensive pre-trial press cause retroactive memory falsification: people confused actual memories with what media describes. E. g. , julian varendonck: murder of a young girl. Children as a group were prone to suggestion. Forensic psych in north american: hugo munsterberg: psychology had much to offer the legal system. John henry wigmore: munsterberg"s biggest critics said hugo for lack of relevant research to back up his claims and as a whole.