Ch 15: Social Psych in Court Part 2: Apr. 8, 2015.

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Ch 15: Social Psych in Court
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Ch 15: Social Psych in Court
Ch 12: Social Psych and Law
Ch 15: Social Psych in Court
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Ch 15: Social Psych in Court Part 2: Apr. 8, 2015

Stages of memory that affect eyewitness ID – Acquisition, Storage, Retrieval 2) Storage: – Post-event info may be incorporated… – Loaded questions & the misinformation effect: Loftus’ research: What is the misinformation effect? – Car accident experiment – – Wording experiment (‘hit’ vs. ‘smashed’)

– Source monitoring error – Linked to false memories – how does it happen? Confusion over source of info Relying on ‘script’ to reconstruct our memory – Ex.?

3) Retrieval – – Lineup format: (Gary Wells’ research): How to best construct lineups? – Similarity of lineup to witness description – – Sequential or simultaneous lineups? – Instructions to eyewitnesses? What is a good sign of eyewitness accuracy?

Problems w/lineup in Jennifer Thompson case- Possible solution? Cognitive Interview – What is the focus on? – How does it work? – Effects on memory retrieval?

Interrogations Social influence & false confessions – Who is most likely to give false confessions? – Situational variables linked to false confessions: Compliance: Internalization: