Psychology in the Court Room The Expert Witness “How reliable is eyewitness testimony” On the 28th of September 1999‚ a building society in West Bromwich was robbed by a man brandishing a gun. He had approached the cashier desk and pushed aside a customer and then produced a gun. He ordered the three customers in the bank to lie on the floor. He then pointed the gun in the face of the cashier and told her to fill the bag with money. In doing so‚ she managed to raise the silent alarm alerting
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examine the influence of peers in friendship choices and the significance of cultural differences as explored by Gonzalez et al (2004) in today’s technologically advanced society. Finally‚ the essay will use the research done by Loftus and Palmer in the 1970’s together with Loftus and Pickerell (1995) to assess and evaluate the influence of other people on human performance‚ in this case‚ memory and how it can be distorted by others. The aim of Adorno et al’s (1950) study was to measure personality
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Elizabeth Loftus knows the value of memory‚ as she serves as an expert witness on memory. In Evidence-based justice: Corrupted memory‚ Moheb speaks about Elizabeth Loftus as an expert witness‚ and details factors that effects a person’s memory (Moheb‚ 2013‚ p.268). Loftus states that memory is easily influenced (Moheb‚ 2013‚ p.269). According to Loftus‚ it is more difficult to identify someone who is a different race than the one
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Psychology‚ 7‚ 155–163. Schooler‚ J. W.‚ & Loftus‚ E. F. (1986). Individual differences and
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Eye Witness Testimony “Eyewitness testimony is so unreliable that it should never be used in convicting criminals”. Eyewitness testimony is a legal term. It refers to; an account given by person(s) of an event they’ve witnessed. Eyewitness testimony is admissible in a court of law to assist in the conviction of individuals. In 1976‚ the Devlin report examined over 2000 identity parades in the U.K. Of the 2000 parades‚ 45% resulted in a suspect being identified and out of these‚ 82% were eventually
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environment helps improve the reliability and validity of the results‚ as variables can be controlled‚ including extraneous variables which in a field study are more likely to occur‚ an example of a cognitive study which has used the lab experiment is by Loftus and Palmer on eye witness testimony‚ participants were asked to watch video clips of car crashes and to then judge the speed they were going by doing a questionnaire‚ using the lab study is reliable as it doesn’t have many extraneous variables so
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physical form to it‚ has great value to a company and is to be disclosed in the financial reports. Some companies only disclose the brand and goodwill as their only intangible assets‚ while others include more such as software and the company trademarks (Loftus et al. 2012). The Accounting Standard AASB 138 advises businesses on the accounting treatment of these intangible assets‚ but only if the specific criteria have been met for an asset to be recognized as intangible. An intangible asset must encompass
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Among Newly Licensed Teenage Drivers." AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety‚ Mar. 2012. Web. 4 Dec. 2013. "How Key2SafeDriving Blocks Texting and Driving." How Key2SafeDriving Blocks Texting and Driving. Safe Driving Systems‚ n.d. Web. 04 Dec. 2013. Pickrell‚ Timothy M.‚ and Tony J. Ye. "Driver Electronic Device Use in 2011." National Highway Traffic Safety Adminstration‚ Apr. 2013. Web. 4 Dec. 2013. "S Voice Drive by Samsung." Samsung Mobile Electronics‚ n.d. Web. 4 Dec. 2013. "Safe Driving." Safe Driving
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collided‚ bumped‚ hit and contacted. The participants gave answers that seem to accelerate the speed depending on the severity of the word (Loftus & Palmer‚ 1974). For instance‚ when the word contacted was used the group assumed the speed was an average of about 31.8; however‚ when the word smashed was used the group assumed the speed was an average of about 40.5 (Loftus & Palmer‚ 1974). In addition to this‚ in a later experiment when the subject were asked if they saw any broken glass the subjects who
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Psychology Loftus and Palmer (1974) Aim: To test their hypothesis that that language used in eyewitness testimony can differ memory. Method: Forty-five American students formed an opportunity sample. This was a laboratory experiment with five conditions‚ only one of which was experienced by each participant (an independent measures design). Participants were shown slides of a car accident involving a number of cars and asked to describe what had happened as if they were eyewitnesses. They
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