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Slide 1Eyewitness TestimonyEyewitness MemoryMemory ResearchCh 12: Social Psych & LawPart 1: Nov. 30, 2011Eyewitness Testimony•U.S. legal system assigns significance to eyewitness accounts of crimes–…but most common cause of wrongful conviction is faulty eyewitnesses–Why might eyewitnesses be so inaccurate?•Issues related to social perception•Issues related to faulty memoryEyewitness Memory•The case of Jennifer Thompson’s assault–Identified her attacker via photos & line-up–Consequences of her eyewitness ID?•The role of memory in eyewitness IDMemory Research•3 important stages–1) Acquisition•Impact of stress on memory acquisition–Social perception & the unexpected -•Impact of weapons•Impact of race–Own-race bias:•(…cont on
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