PSYC 331 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Police Lineup, Mnemonic, Psychogenic Amnesia
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Both leave physical trace of some kind, but memory is subject to being altered or fabricated. Theory of memory: acts as though stored information remains fixed regardless of what happens after the event; stored information is impervious to suggestion; memory failures are failures to retrieve info or are denial of repressed memory (in perpetrators) This case relied too heavily on eyewitness evidence. A biased police line-up in which henry was held in a headlock by police. Dna is not left behind in many crimes; requires physical contact between the perpetrator and victim. It can be helpful to overturn wrongful convictions based on non-dna match. If found it can positively identify that someone was on the scene. The numerous previous photo exposures had left a trace of brewster"s image making his image familiar to her. The victim was biased over time by repeated exposure to his photo. She eventually came to falsely identify him as the perpetrator.
