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Demystifying Psychology
Discussion Group
The Forensic Interview
Psychology
of
eyewitness
testimony
• Eyewitness testimony is a legal term. It refers to an account given by
people of an event they have witnessed. ... Eyewitness testimony is
an important area of research in cognitive psychology and human
memory.
• Can be affected by many factors:
• Anxiety and stress
• Reconstructive memory
• Weapon focus
• Leading Questions (Loftus and Palmer 1974)
• https://www.simplypsychology.org/loftus-palmer.html
Reconstructive memory is a theory of memory recall, in which
the act of remembering is influenced by various other
cognitive processes including perception, imagination,
semantic memory and beliefs, amongst others. People view
their memories as being a coherent and truthful account of
episodic memory and believe that their perspective is free
from error during recall. However the reconstructive process
of memory recall is subject to distortion by other intervening
cognitive functions such as individual perceptions, social
influences, and world knowledge, all of which can lead to
errors during reconstruction.
https://www.simplypsychology.org/eyewitness-testimony.html
HOWEVER
The Yuille and Cutshall study illustrates two important points:
1. There are cases of real-life recall where memory for an anxious / stressful
event is accurate, even some months later.
2. Misleading questions need not have the same effect as has been found in
laboratory studies (e.g. Loftus & Palmer).
https://www.simplypsychology.org/eyewitness-testimony.html
Human
cognition
and the
mistakes
brains can
make
• https://www.sciencedaily.co
m/releases/2011/09/110930
153048.htm
• Why Eye Witnesses
get it wrong – Scott
Fraser Forensic
Psychologist
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Dmystifying Psychology Discussion Group - The Forensic Interview

  • 2.
  • 3. Psychology of eyewitness testimony • Eyewitness testimony is a legal term. It refers to an account given by people of an event they have witnessed. ... Eyewitness testimony is an important area of research in cognitive psychology and human memory. • Can be affected by many factors: • Anxiety and stress • Reconstructive memory • Weapon focus • Leading Questions (Loftus and Palmer 1974) • https://www.simplypsychology.org/loftus-palmer.html
  • 4. Reconstructive memory is a theory of memory recall, in which the act of remembering is influenced by various other cognitive processes including perception, imagination, semantic memory and beliefs, amongst others. People view their memories as being a coherent and truthful account of episodic memory and believe that their perspective is free from error during recall. However the reconstructive process of memory recall is subject to distortion by other intervening cognitive functions such as individual perceptions, social influences, and world knowledge, all of which can lead to errors during reconstruction. https://www.simplypsychology.org/eyewitness-testimony.html
  • 5.
  • 6.
  • 7. HOWEVER The Yuille and Cutshall study illustrates two important points: 1. There are cases of real-life recall where memory for an anxious / stressful event is accurate, even some months later. 2. Misleading questions need not have the same effect as has been found in laboratory studies (e.g. Loftus & Palmer). https://www.simplypsychology.org/eyewitness-testimony.html
  • 8. Human cognition and the mistakes brains can make • https://www.sciencedaily.co m/releases/2011/09/110930 153048.htm • Why Eye Witnesses get it wrong – Scott Fraser Forensic Psychologist