Eye Witness Testimony Features Flashcards

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Violence Distraction

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Relationship between the amount of violence in a crime and the accuracy of the eyewitness memory. The more violent a crime is, the less accurate the eyewitness’ memory will be.

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Weapon Focus

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If our attention is focused on an object such as a weapon, we can be distracted from other details of the crime or the features of the assailant. Weapon focus is when memory of other details is diminished when we are focused on a weapon

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Suggestibility

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Describes the effects of misinformation from external sources that leads to the creation of false memories

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Facial Composite

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Computer software program to recreate a face feature by feature

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