Criminal Key question (not finished)

Question 1

What is the key question in criminal psychology?

Answer 1

Are eyewitness testimonies too unreliable to trust

Question 2

What previous knowledge regarding EWT can you apply to help explain how reliable they are? (from cognitive)
Try to describe then link to criminal

Answer 2

• Reconstructive memory: is the process of actively rebuilding memories using personal schemas.
  It can contribute to criminal behaviour by distorting eyewitness testimonies or flase confession, leading to misidentifaction or wrongful convictions
• MSM
• Episodic and Semantic memory

Question 3

What recent knowledge regarding EWT can you apply to help explain how reliable they are?
(from criminal)

Answer 3

• Misinformation: refers to situations where incorrect or misleading information info is introduced after an eyewitness has provided their account of an event A person might mistakenly recall a suspect’s appearance due to a misleading question r exposure to media reports
• Weapon focus: refers to the concentration of a crime witness attention on a weapon, and the resultant reduction in ability to remember other details of crime
  Stress in weapon focus
• Leading questions: Wording of the question may change original memory of the event