PSYC39H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Recognition Memory, Dependent And Independent Variables, Free Recall
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Recall memory reporting details of a previously witnessed event or person. How do we study eyewitness issues? variables that are present at the time of the crime and the cannot be changed variables that can be manipulated to increase/decrease eyewitness accuracy, The laboratory simulation study is the most common paradigm used to study eyewitness issues. System variables these variables are under the control of the justice system. (i. e. type of procedure used by police to interview the witness) And they can be examined for the following: the amount of information reported, the type of information reported, the accuracy of information reported. A set of people presented to the witness, who must state whether the perpetrator is present and, if so, which person it is. A witness"s recognition response can be examined for the following: open-ended recall/free narrative, direct question recall, accuracy of decision, types of errors made.
