False Memories and Eyewitness Testimony

Question 1

Eyewitness Testimony

Answer 1

Testimony by an eyewitness to a crime about what he or she saw during the crime

Question 2

Like other memory, eyewitness testimony can be very _________

Answer 2

inaccurate

Question 3

Is eyewitness testimony convincing or not convincing?

Answer 3

Very convincing

Question 4

Wells and Bradfield photo lineup eyewitness testimony experiment

Answer 4

Had participants view a gunman for 8 seconds, then select a photo of the man. THE PHOTO OF THE ACTUAL GUNMAN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE LINEUP

Question 5

Errors due to familiarity are because of _______________

Answer 5

source monitoring

Question 6

Errors due to suggestion (2)

Answer 6

1. Suggestive questioning
2. Confirming feedback

Question 7

Confidence in one’s memories may be __________ by postevent questioning

Answer 7

Improved

Question 8

Strategies to improve eyewitness testimony

Answer 8

1. Inform witnesses that the criminal may not be in the lineup
2. Use fillers in the lineup similar to the subject
3. Use sequential presentation
4. Improve interviewing techniques

Question 9

Is eyewitness very weak or strong against distortion? *

Answer 9

Very weak