week 23: eyewitness identification

Question 1

Semantic information

Answer 1

is what is stored in semantic memory, that is knowledge and facts about the world, e.g. volleyball is a sport, Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland.

Question 2

Familiarity

Answer 2

A subjective feeling that you have previously encountered a place, person or object, but you do not recall the details of when you had that experience.

Question 3

Recognition

Answer 3

Identifying that an encountered item has been encountered before.

Question 4

commitment effect

Answer 4

When an individual who has made a decision repeats the same decision at a later time, even when given the opportunity to change their mind. For example, an eyewitness who is asked to attempt more than one identification task for the same suspect.