1. Ch 15: Social Psych in Court
Part 2: Nov. 30, 2012

2. Memory Research on memory: 3 important stages
May explain unreliability of eyewitnesses
1) Acquisition
Impact of stress on memory acquisition
Impact of weapons
Impact of race - Own-race bias

3. 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’)

4. 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 best predicts eyewitness accuracy?

5. Retrieval (cont.) Cognitive interview as an alternative -
How does it work?
Would it affect retrieval?
Adults vs. kids -