PSYC 2400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Forensic Psychology, John Bowlby, Free Recall
13 Dec 2015
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1-1: judges currently use findings from psychological research to decide whether a witness on the stand is lying or not. This is a good example of: psychology and the law, psychology in the law c. informational influence, normalization, psychology of the law. Page: 8: alfred binet conducted a series of studies to examine how question style influenced free recall results in the most accurate answers the accuracy of child eyewitnesses. He found that: moderately leading questions result in the most accurate answers b, highly leading questions result in the most accurate answers, free recall results in the least accurate answers, eyewitness accuracy did not vary across question type. Difficulty: moderate page: 9: a researcher arranges for a confederate to enter his classroom, steal his wallet, and run out. The researcher then asks the students to provide a description of the. Offender in an effort to study eyewitness recall.
