Psychology 3723F/G Chapter 1: Psych 2990 Chapter 1.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3723F/G
• Professor: James M Olson

Document Summary

If you are pointed out by an eyewitness you are most likely going to be convicted even if circumstantial evidence says your innocent. Reconstructed memory: the distortion of memories of an event by information encountered after the event has occurred: retrieval what people recall at a later time, sources of error, best guess problem in line-up identification. Some judges agree with psychologists that there is a place for expert testimony in. Participants that received an expert testimony justifying a persons actions were. Jury members are not always clear on what is permissible and should be disregarded in court more likely to side with the person that participants that hadn"t heard the expert. Experts should differentiate between the results of studies conducted in the laboratory and field studies. Experts are now helping judges analyze eyewitness testimonies educate them on. Physical evidence: dna has become much more accurate over the years.