Week 8 - Thursday (Need to watch)

Question 1

Is there a correlation between confidence and accuracy in police lineups?

Answer 1

Yes.

Question 2

In a recall test, where they are recalling parts details of a crime, are confidence and accuracy correlated?

Answer 2

Yes.

Question 3

With recall or recognition eyewitness confidence tests, why do error bars shrink as confidence and accuracy go up?

Answer 3

Variability. That’s not where the dot goes specifically, the possible places where the bar is varies a lot.

Those that are accurate don’t vary a lot.

Question 4

Will memory be contaminated if a second lineup is shown, but with all new fillers AND a new suspect?

Answer 4

Memory may be contaminated, but not in a way that’ll be problematic to a suspect.

Question 5

As confidence goes up, _________

Answer 5

accuracy goes up

Question 6

As confidence goes down, error goes _________

Answer 6

up.

Question 7

What are two ways a witness can be accurate in a lineup?

Answer 7

They identify the suspect correctly or they identify the innocent people in a lineup.

Question 8

What are two ways a witness can be wrong in a lineup?

Answer 8

They identify an innocent person as guilty, or they miss the guilty person in the lineup.

Question 9

Why were the vast majority of cases in the false/repressed memory epidemic involving memories of childhood sexual abuse?

Answer 9

As time goes on, memories get more and more contaminated, while you get forget more and more.