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    Foresnic Psych Revision

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    Eyewitness testimony is often used as evidence in criminal cases but can be unreliable due to flaws in human memory. Witnesses are asked to recall episodic memories of events in detail, but memory is a three-stage process of acquisition, storage, and retrieval, and problems can occur at each stage. Factors like lighting conditions, stress levels, and the presence of weapons at the crime scene can negatively impact what details are initially encoded into long-term memory from an event. As a result, eyewitness misidentifications are a leading cause of wrongful convictions in the United States.

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    Eyewitness testimony is often used as evidence in criminal cases but can be unreliable due to flaws in human memory. Witnesses are asked to recall episodic memories of events in detail, but memory is a three-stage process of acquisition, storage, and retrieval, and problems can occur at each stage. Factors like lighting conditions, stress levels, and the presence of weapons at the crime scene can negatively impact what details are initially encoded into long-term memory from an event. As a result, eyewitness misidentifications are a leading cause of wrongful convictions in the United States.

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    Eyewitness testimony is often used as evidence in criminal cases but can be unreliable due to flaws in human memory. Witnesses are asked to recall episodic memories of events in detail, but memory is a three-stage process of acquisition, storage, and retrieval, and problems can occur at each stage. Factors like lighting conditions, stress levels, and the presence of weapons at the crime scene can negatively impact what details are initially encoded into long-term memory from an event. As a result, eyewitness misidentifications are a leading cause of wrongful convictions in the United States.

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    Foresnic Psych Revision

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    Eyewitness testimony is often used as evidence in criminal cases but can be unreliable due to flaws in human memory. Witnesses are asked to recall episodic memories of events in detail, but memory is a three-stage process of acquisition, storage, and retrieval, and problems can occur at each stage. Factors like lighting conditions, stress levels, and the presence of weapons at the crime scene can negatively impact what details are initially encoded into long-term memory from an event. As a result, eyewitness misidentifications are a leading cause of wrongful convictions in the United States.

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    Eyewitness memory and interviewing witnesses:

    - EWT evidence given by witnesses to a crime verbal


    account/person identification
    - Witnesses asked to recall episodic memories (something
    experienced (also emotional) when/where what etc.)
    - Episodic memory can be very vivid
    - Memory needs to be 100% accurate
    - Eyewitness evidence is perceived by jurors to be compelling
    - EW misidentification = leading cause of wrongful convictions =
    SERIOUS (US death row, innocence project)
    Why do we make EW errors?
    - Memory 3 stages in process
    Actual
    Events

    Stage 1
    Acquisition/Encodi
    ng information
    the person
    perceives

    Stage 2
    Storage/retention
    information the
    person stores in
    memory

    Stage 3
    Retrieval
    information the
    person
    retrieves at a
    later time

    Acquisition and encoding of events:


    - Encoding during acquisition is critical forms the basis for what is
    stored in memory and eventually retrieved when giving testimony
    - Factors can affect the quality of information that is encoded into
    memory:
    -

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