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This document contains a review of eyewitness testimony, memory manipulation, and forensic investigations. It discusses topics such as short-term memory, memory credibility, and how memory can be manipulated. It also includes questions about facial recognition and eyewitness inaccuracies.

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U6 Review Describe unconscious transference. How many items can most people store in their short-term memory? 5-7 How would you rate the credibility of an eyewitness account, considering It could be days, or weeks for them to see have an interview, of participate in a line-up ID? How can your me...

U6 Review Describe unconscious transference. How many items can most people store in their short-term memory? 5-7 How would you rate the credibility of an eyewitness account, considering It could be days, or weeks for them to see have an interview, of participate in a line-up ID? How can your memory be manipulated by another person? Forensic investigators must rely on their ability to [observe], [interpret], and [report] observations clearly. Examiners must be able to identify the evidence, record it, and determine its significance. T/F Human error is rarely a possibly to misinterpret information because our brains can hold a lot of information. The human body is constantly gathering information from our 5 senses The brain cannot hold all the information it receives daily Paying attention takes a conscious effort. The part of the brain that is the initial filter is called hippocampus. What is the difference between observation and perception? \[observation, perception\] Perceptions are made as a result of an observation "It is cold" is a perception, "68F" is an observation. How long does a short-term memory usually last? 20-30 second How many regions are the brain do we recognize? 4. T They are called lobes. What are their names and responsibilities? Parietal Lobe - associated with movement, orientation, recognition, perception of stimuli **2Occipital Lobe -** associated with visual processing **Temporal Lobe -** (auditory section) associated with perception, memory, and speech **Frontal Lobe -** associated with reasoning, planning, parts of speech, emotions, and problem solving The investigator stated a good witness is one that is "measured." What does that mean? An **eyewitness** is a person who has seen someone, or something, related to a crime and can communicate their observations Eyewitness accounts of crime-scene events vary considerably from one person to another What you observe depends on several factors What are the ones noted in the lesson? 1. level of interest 2. prior knowledge 3. biases 4. emotions Eyewitness misidentification is the single greatest cause of wrongful convictions nationwide The criminal justice system profoundly relies on eyewitness identification and testimony for investigating and prosecuting crimes Most states have accepted eyewitness accounts as "flawed" science Investigators still use eyewitness accounts to produce "leads" that then help to gain additional evidence that CAN be used to convict a suspect Jurors rank eyewitness testimony as one of the most influential pieces of evidence that sways them to a conviction Investigators will often enlist the help of a forensic sketch artist. What is their role? How does the brain remember the way a face looks? With the above answer, what has become a better way to utilize the facial sketch from an eyewitness? Witnesses may believe they saw things that they did not, or some similar situation, which can lead to sketches that do not accurately reflect the perpetrator. Froman academic experiment: How often do facial sketches have a likeliness to the actual suspect? How well does the brain remember individual feature of the face? The new facial sketch technology makes use that we are good are remembering faces and bad at remembering parts.

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