Bruce Flashcards
what subsection is Bruce part of ?
interviewing witnesses
what other evidence is in the interviewing witness subsection ?
bruce
loftus
fisher
what was the aim of bruces study?
to investigate the relative recognisability of internal and external features in facial recognition
what are internal features?
eyes, brows , nose and mouth
what are the external features?
head shape, hair and ears
what was the sample size?
30 staff and students
where were the students from?
stirling
what was the research design?
independent
how many composites were given ?
10 celebrities 4 composites of each = 40 composites
what were the composite types?
e-fit, profit, sketch and evofit
what celebrities examples?
matt damon, ben Affleck, ronana keating
what were the groups?
group 1 : complete composites
group 2 : only internal features
group 3 : only external features
what were the controls?
each face was clean shaven and spectacles avoided
what were the results?
33% of whole and external features were sorted correctly
19.5% of internal features sorted correctly (just above average)
what was the best system?
e-fit
