Loftus and palmers Aims and context Loftus was concerned with how subsequent information could affect an eyewitness testimony (EWT) which is a legal term‚ referring to the use of eyewitness to give evidence in court. EWT can be influenced by misleading information in terms of both visual imagery and wording of questions. This could lead to faulty or incorrect convictions. If someone is imposed to new info during the interval between witnessing the event and recalling it‚ this info may have marked
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David Holfoth In 1974‚ Elizabeth F. Loftus and John C. Palmer conducted an experiment called Reconstruction of Automobile Destruction: An Example of the Interaction Between Language and Memory. In Experiment 1 the subjects were texted to see which word that they reacted to better in judging speed‚ and in Experiment 2‚ some subjects were asked‚ “How fast the cars were going when they smashed into each other?” some were asked‚ “How fast the cars were going when they smashed into each other?” and
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Outline and evaluate research into the effects of anxiety on the accuracy of eye witness testimony. Eye witness testimonies are the evidence given in court or in police investigation by someone who has witnessed a crime or an accident. Eye witness testimonies are affected by a number of factors‚ but the one that I am going to focus on is anxiety. Laboratory studies and some ‘real life’ studies have generally shown impaired recall in people who have witnessed particularly distressing or anxiety
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Loftus and Palmer 1974 This study was conducted to determine whether memory could be distorted by other information‚ which occurs after the event. The idea of the study was to see if any information they supplied influenced the witness’s memory information they had for the event. The study was conducted in a lab in which had 45 participants that were students at university. In order to simulate a real car crash the students watched a video of one happening. After they had seen it they were separated
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Westwood Loftus and Palmer Alternative Research Essay Loftus and Zanni showed participants a film of a car accident‚ they then asked some participants "Did you see a broken headlight?" and others‚ "Did you see the broken headlight?" Of those asked about ’a’ broken headlight‚ 7% reported seeing one‚ compared with 17% of people asked about ’the’ broken headlight. This supports Loftus and Palmer’s findings as the study also changed the form of a question‚ which affected the witness’ response. Loftus and
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and evaluate research into how anxiety affects eye witness testimony Eye witness testimonies are accounts from witnesses to a crime or accident given as evidence in a court or to the police. Research into eye witness testimonies being affected by anxiety is mixed and It is believed that eye witness testimony is most accurate when the anxiety level is somewhere in between low and high anxiety. There is evidence to support that anxiety helps eye witness testimony. Yuille and Cutshall interviewed
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Overview: Elizabeth F. Loftus and John C. Palmer conducted a research study to find out how accurately we remember specific details of a traffic accident. Such research has been documented previously (Bird 1927‚ Ornstein 1969‚ Gardner 1933 and more)‚ where most findings show inaccuracies in estimates of vehicle speed and/or duration of events. Loftus and Palmer aimed to investigate the effect of leading questions (a question that is formed in a way that suggests what answer is desired) on the speed
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Summary In " Education Is Not Luxury"‚ Stephen Joel Trachtenberg discussed about that people should take school seriously and in his opinion‚ " Topics like these may be putting a squeeze on the time spent on literacy and numeracy." Years ago‚ most American worked in farming or in finishing agricultural crops. However‚ " Agrarian calendar continues to dominate one facet of American life--education."‚ even we are no longer agrarian. Schooling was a luxury and it is a long process of educating the
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Elizabeth F. Loftus: The Reality of Repressed Memories Alyssa Ellis Killebrew 11/9/2010 Elizabeth Loftus Brief Biography Childhood & Personal Recollections Elizabeth (fondly known as Beth) Fishman Loftus ’ parents met and married while stationed at Fort Ord‚ during World War II. Sidney Fishman‚ Elizabeth’s father‚ was an Army doctor and her mother‚ Rebecca was an army base librarian. Beth was the oldest of three children. In 1944‚ Elizabeth Fishman was born and then her two
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Witness (1985) is a film directed by Peter Weir it demonstrates and explores the violence and how it is approached and viewed within two cultures‚ it is shown through various camera angles and shots‚ music and the narrative structure of the film. The scenes that demonstrate this are the murder scene‚ tourist scene and the symbolisation of the gun in the movie. Violence is highlighted in the murder scene because it shows the modern society evidently uses much violence to achieve things whenever necessary
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