Eyewitness Testimony as a source of reliable evidence In relation to cognitive psychology‚ is eyewitness testimony reliable in today’s judicial system? Word Count: 3944 ABSTRACT Is eyewitness testimony a reliable source of evidence in today’s judicial system? Many jurors tend to pay close attention to eyewitness testimony assuming that what they hear is exactly as it happened. They ignore the psychology behind remembering an event. Our brain is a complex structure and it is difficult to absorb
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Media and collective memory Introduction The essay is about the relation between collective memory and media. The focus of the essay is on the mechanism that is followed by media to shape collective memory. In addition to how media used to have powerful control on collective memory and how is their control is contested after the introduction of alternative media and social media. The domination of collective memory is harder with democratization
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Ronald Cotton - Eyewitness Testimony Jennifer Thomas‚ a 22-year old college student from Burlington‚ North Carolina‚ was raped in her off-campus apartment on July 28‚ 1984. During the assault‚ Jennifer studied her rapist’s face and other characteristics in the case that she made it out alive. Thomas was able to escape and ran to a police station and with the help of a detective‚ she was able to make a composite sketch of the perpetrator. The rapist also managed to rape another woman a few blocks
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Given the information that we now know about eyewitness testimony verses DNA science on page 440‚ this makes you stop and wonder about how many people have been wrongly imprisoned or put to death before DNA testing came along. From reading the article o page 440‚ it looks like the psychologists are using research to identify by showing individual pictures opposed to a police lineup; a person is most likely to choose an individual that may look close to the person that committed the crime. I think
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Flashbulb memories are memories of learning something shockingly or even surprising that create strong emotional associations for a human being of learning about a certain event. Though Jim remembers vivid details about the event‚ he may be wrong about it then. In this essay‚ I will be explaining about Jim inaccurate memory of his experience. The major problem is memory trace decay. Over time‚ memory trace decay will eventually fade. A neurochemical is being created each time when Jim learn something
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Recovered Memories The sudden recovery of repressed memories from a traumatic event such as childhood sexual abuse can be both validating and confusing for clients that are seeking help with various problems. These new memories might be able to help client identify the cause of their feelings and issues that are affecting their life. However for others it can be a very difficult time because of the conflicting emotions about the abuser. Worst of all when dealing with the recovery of repressed memories
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As a result‚ for women whose experiences differ from this set standard‚ their responses to their victimization risk are doubted owing to the fact that they fall outside the scope of those typical victims. In fact‚ syndrome-based testimony can be used to help establish that a particular woman is not a legitimate battered woman. Unless a battered woman’s experience of violence conforms to the pattern detailed within Walker’s cycle theory of violence‚ or is consistent with learned helplessness
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a specific memory like it happened yesterday. As you keep reminding yourself of that memory‚ you begin to be more confident that it was the original memory. But as many studies have proven‚ memories are only reconstructed‚ not reproduced. In this situation‚ Jim was faced with a similar scenario which included other factors as well. Although‚ a flashbulb memory triggered a detailed and vivid memory of a moment in Jim’s life‚ it is highly possible that it could be a very inaccurate memory of his experience
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Forgetting When a memory of a past experience is not activated for days or months‚ forgetting tends to occur. Yet it is erroneous to think that memories simply fade over time—the steps involved are far more complex. In seeking to understand forgetting in the context of memory‚ such auxiliary phenomena as differences in the rates of forgetting for different kinds of information also must be taken into account. It has been suggested that‚ as time passes‚ the physiological bases of memory tend to change
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Eye Witness Testimony Refers to the use of eye or ear witnesses in court or in police statements about the identity of someone who has committed a crime. Key Study into EWT – Factors that Influence EWT * Anxiety * Unpleasant emotional state where we fear that something bad is about to happen usually accompanied by physiological arousal (pumping heart) * Deffenbacher – MA of studies found considerable support for a negative correlation between anxiety and EWT meaning the more
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