Psychology 2032A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Elizabeth Loftus, Ath, Ideo

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2032A/B
• Professor: John Campbell

Document Summary

Eyewitness evidence earliest and most widely studied topics in forensic psychology. Eyewitness testimony most compelling types of evidence presented in criminal trials. Concept of memory can be viewed as process involving several stages: encoding stage. Occurs first, when perceive and pay attention to details in environment: short-term memory. Encoded information passes into short term memory. To make room for new information, info in your short term passes into longer- term. Eyewitness memory retrieval broadly partitioned into either: recall memory: reporting details of previously event or person. Ex: remembering what perpetrator did and what he looked like: recognition memory: determining whether previously seen item or person is same as what is currently being viewed. E(cid:454): hea(cid:396)i(cid:374)g set of (cid:448)oi(cid:272)es a(cid:374)d ide(cid:374)tif(cid:455)i(cid:374)g pe(cid:396)pet(cid:396)ato(cid:396)"s (cid:448)oi(cid:272)e o(cid:396) ide(cid:374)tif(cid:455)i(cid:374)g clothing work during crime. Most common paradigm used to study eyewitness issues: independent variables. Can be manipulated or examined w/in lab simulation.