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CHAPTER 8 - EVERYDAY MEMORY AND MEMORY ERRORS Flashcards

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what is the basic property of memory?

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memories are created by a process of construction

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what makes up a memory?

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what actually happened

other things that happened later

general knowledge of how things usually happen

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what is an autobiographical memory?

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memory for specific experiences in life

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what components of long term memory make up an autobiographical memory?

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episodic and semantic

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what are the 2 characteristics of autobiographical memories?

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multidimensional

we remember events in our lives better than others

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what are the multidimensional components of an autobiographical memory?

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visual, auditory, smells, taste, tactile perceptions, spatial components, emotions, thoughts

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which multidimensional component plays an important role in autobiographical memory?

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visual

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what is the visual multidimensional component of an autobiographical memory?

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what one sees when transporting back in time

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what is the auditory multidimensional component of an autobiographical memory?

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what people are saying and other environmental sounds

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what is the spatial component of an autobiographical memory?

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taking place in a 3D environment

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who used a brain scanning study to illustrate a difference between autobiographical memory and laboratory memory?

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Roberto Cabeza

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In Cabeza’s experiment what were the 2 sets of photographs shown?

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own = taken by participants

lab= taken by someone else

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what regions in the brain were activated by own +lab photos in Cabeza’s brain scan study?

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medial temporal lobe and parietal cortex

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what regions of the brain were activated by own photos only in Cabeza’s brain scan study?

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prefrontal cortex and hippocampus

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in Cabeza’s brain scan study, what connections do the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus have to autobiographical memories?

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prefrontal cortex: processing information about the self

hippocampus: recollection = mental time travel

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what is the reminiscence bump?

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enhanced memory for adolescence and young adulthood found in people over 40

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what is the self-image hypothesis?

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proposes memory is enhanced for events that occur as a person’s self-image or identity is formed

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what is the cognitive hypothesis?

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proposes that periods of rapid change that are followed by stability cause stronger encoding of memories

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who demonstrated the reminiscence bump in an emigration study?

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Robert Shauf and David Rubin

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what is the cultural life script hypothesis?

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distinguishes between all the events that have occurred in a person’s life

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Dorthe Bernsten and David Rubin used ______ to connect it to the reminiscence bump

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cultural life script

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what is cultural life script?

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culturally expected events that occur at a particular time in a life

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events like graduating high school, going to college, or getting a first partner can be identified in a ______

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reminiscence bump

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what term did Jonathan Koppel and Dorthe Bertsten use to characterize the reminiscence bump?

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youth bias

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what is youth bias?

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the tendency for the most notable public events in a person’s life to be perceived to occur when a person is young

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what 2 things is emotion associated to?

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special events/experiences people share

better memory

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when comparing memory for arousing words vs neutral words, which had a better memory recall in LaBar and Phelps’ experiment?

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arousing

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when comparing memory for emotional and neutral pictures after a delay of 1 year which photos had better memory recall in Dolco’s experiment?

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emotional pictures

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what is the amygdala?

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structure in the brain responsible for emotion regulation and odor perception

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in Florin Dolco’s brain scanning study, describe the amygdala’s activity for emotional pictures

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increased activity

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patient BF shows no enhanced memory for emotional parts of a story, what structure in brain is damaged?

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amygdala

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what is emotion’s proposed role in memory?

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triggering mechanisms in the amygdala that helps one remember events associated with emotions

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what is memory consolidation?

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process that strengthens memory for an experience

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animal research shows that central nervous system stimulants administered after task training ___________

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can enhance memory for that task

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what is released after an emotional experience and what does it do?

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stress hormones; increase consolidation of memory for the experience

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Larry Cahill used what to try and consolidate memories of emotional pictures and neutral pictures?

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ice and warm water

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what did Larry Cahill conclude for memory of emotional pictures and not for neutral pictures?

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cortisol enhances the memory for emotional pictures and not neutral

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what can one conclude about hormones and memory consolidation? what link is there?

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hormone activation occurring after an emotional experience can enhance memory consolidation in humans

link to increased amygdala activity

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what is a flashbulb memory?

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refers to a person’s memory for the circumstances surrounding shocking and highly-charged events

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what mechanism did Brown and Kulik use to characterize flashbulb memories?

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Now Print

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why did Brown and Kulik characterize flashbulb memories as special?

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they are vivid and detailed

occur under emotional circumstances and are remembered for long periods of time

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Now Print mechanism resembles a _____

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photograph resisting fading

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why was the Now Print mechanism a poor representation of accuracy?

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requirement for memory immediately after the event

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what is the repeated recall method?

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determining whether memory changes over time by testing participants a number of times after an event

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in repeated recall, when is a person’s memory most accurate?

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when it is first measured immediately after a stimulus is presented

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what does the first measurement of memory in repeated recall serve as?

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baseline for consistency checks later on

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Ulric Neisser and Nicole Harsch’s shuttle explosion study showed…

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TV memories become more memorable through repetition and by being a major source of news

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someone who was asked about an world-wide event immediately after it happened and again later but have different answers might have developed what kind of memory

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TV memory

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what is the narrative rehearsal hypothesis?

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states that we may remember events that happened not because of a mechanism but because we rehearse the events after they occur

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why do researchers express concern for the major difference in flashbulb memories and everyday memories?

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details for flashbulb memories fade just as they do for everyday memories

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what characteristics do flashbulb memories have over everyday memories?

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remain more vivid and accurate

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what is concluded about flashbulb memories?

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they are both special and ordinary at the same time

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what is the constructive nature of memory?

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what people report as memories are constructed based on what happened, knowledge, experiences, expectations

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what is source monitoring?

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process of determining the origins of our memories, knowledge, or beliefs

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what is a source monitoring error?

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misidentifying the source of a memory

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what is source misattributions?

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memory being attributed to the wrong source

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what is cryptomnesia?

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unconscious plagiarism of the work of others

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who demonstrated a connection between source monitoring errors and familiarity using non-famous and famous names?

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Larry Jacoby

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what were the 2 groups in Larry Jacoby’s Famous Over Night experiment?

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intermediate group: no delay in stimulus presentation and testing

delayed group: tested 24 hours after presentation of stimulus

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which group in Larry Jacob’s Famous Over Night experiment correctly identified the non-famous names as non-famous?

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intermediate group

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which group in Larry Jacob’s Famous Over Night experiment incorrectly identified the non-famous names as non-famous?

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delayed group

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In Larry Jacob’s Famous Over Night experiment what caused the delayed group to incorrectly identify names ? what was this incorrect identification called?

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familiarity of the names

source monitoring error

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what is the illusory truth effect?

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enhanced probability of evaluating a statement as being true upon repeated presentation

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who proposed the term fluency and what is it?

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Lisa Fazio

the ease with which a statement can be remembered

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whose experiment demonstrated how real-world knowledge affects memory?

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Barlett’s War of Ghost

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what did Barlett use?

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repeated reproduction

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what is repeated reproduction?

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participants trying to remember a story at longer and longer intervals after the first reading

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what causes people to make inferences?

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experiences and knowledge

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what is pragmatic inference?

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occurs when reading a sentence leads a person to expect something that is not explicitly stated or implied by the statement

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what is a result of pragmatic inference?

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correct inferences about what would most likely occur but incorrect inference about what was presented

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what is a schema?

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the knowledge about an aspect of the environment

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what causes a schema to develop?

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experiences in different situations

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what is a script?

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conception of the sequence of actions that usually occur during a particular experience

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how does script influence memory?

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setting up expectations about what usually happens in a particular situation

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what is highly superior autobiographical memory?

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impressive memory

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what does highly superior autobiographical memory lead to

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overload of the memory system

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how does our memory system attempt to avoid overload?

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its design allows selective memory for things that are particularly important or things that occur often

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what is the misinformation effect?

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leading information presented after a person witnesses an event can change how the person describes that event later

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what is misleading post-event information?

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information presented to be remembered after a stimulus

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how is MPI presented?

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in a way that seems natural

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how can someone create a childhood memory?

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using previous exposure to the so-called memory and waiting can allow acceptance that it actually happened

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what is a repressed childhood memory?

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memories that have been pushed out of the person’s consciousness

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what is the problem with repressed childhood memories?

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can cause psychological problems

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what can be used to receive a repressed memory?

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hypnosis, guided imagery, strong suggestion

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what is an eyewitness testimony?

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a testimony by someone who witnessed a crime

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what is an eyewitness testimony’s importance?

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source of evidence providing information by people who were at the crime scene

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what 2 things induce acceptance of an eyewitness testimony?

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  1. witness was able to see what happened

2. witness can translate their observations into a description of the perpetrator

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why are testimonies always perceived as accurate?

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popular conception that memory works like a camera

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what affects how a person pays attention to and what they remember later?

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emotions running high

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what is weapon focus?

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the tendency to focus attention on a weapon that results in a narrowing of attention

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what characterizes the term familiarity in a crime scene and adds another dimension to a testimony?

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bystanders

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how do bystanders affect identification of a perpetrator?

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could be mistakenly identified as the person doing the crime

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Gary Wells and Amy Bradfield asked for identification of a perpetrator by giving what to participants?

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confirming feedback
no feedback
discerning feedback

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what is post-identification feedback effect?

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an increase in confidence on the stand due to confirming feedback after making an identification

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who is susceptible to confidence levels in a criminal justice system?

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jurors

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what is cognitive interview?

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involves letting a witness talk with minimum interruption and uses techniques to help witness create the situation of a crime scene

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what is the pro of cognitive interviews?

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decreases the likelihood of suggestibility from the interviewer

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