Psychology 2990A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: False Memory, Repressed Memory, Procedural Justice

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2990A/B
• Professor: Karen Dickson

Document Summary

Mistaken eyewitness identification is responsible for more wrongful convictions than all other causes combined. To be an accurate witness, a person must successfully complete three stages of memory processing: acquisition the process whereby people notice a pay attention to information in the environment. Hard to see them from far away if the eyewitness is a victim they are terribly scared and sometimes focus on the weapon not the suspects features. Reconstructive memory the process whereby memories for an event become distorted by information encountered after the event has occurred. Information we obtain after witnessing an event can change our memory of the event. Line ups showing an eyewitness a line up of people including foils (random people) and the suspect. If they pick the suspect out of the line up, that is more reliable then showing them a picture of the suspect and them confirming it.