In this lecture, we think about factors impacting eye witness memory in the courtroom, focusing in particular on: (i) the three learning objectives for this course; (ii) the tendency for solicitors to use inconsistencies in eye witness statements to propose that they are an unreliable source; (iii) the four key types of eye witness statement inconsistency; (iv) some forms in which an eye witness testimony can come; (v) the assumption of legal systems typically being that variables impacting eye witness memory are commonly understood; (vi) the potentially unorthodox comparison between Freud’s reproductive theory of memory and Bartlett’s reconstructive theory of memory; (vii) Magnussen and colleagues’ findings that judges were not greatly more knowledgeable than lay people on the issues surrounding eye witness memory; (viii) a review and comparison of the store house memory metaphor and the correspondence memory metaphor; (ix) Ebbinghaus’ forgetting curve; (x) examples of system and estimator variables; (xi) some key pieces of research which have highlighted the unreliable nature of eye witness identifications.
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This lecture is part of a larger course exploring factors which impact the accuracy of eye witness testimony. The full course can be found here: [ Ссылка ]
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