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3 main parts of memory - ANS ✔✔encoding, storage, retrieval
Encoding - ANS ✔✔process by which ppl notice and attend to info in the enviro
4 potential sources of encoding errors - ANS ✔✔arousal, weapon focus, expectancy effects,
cross race identification bias
storage - ANS ✔✔process by which ppl store and organize info from the enviro
2 models of storage - ANS ✔✔videotape model and reconstructive memory model
videotape model - ANS ✔✔visual teaching method that occurs by watching a video of someone
modeling a treated behavior and then imitating the watched behavior
stop/yield sign study - ANS ✔✔leading questions can interfere with accuracy of memory
source amnesia - ANS ✔✔difficulty in remembering the source of info
bottom line about memory - ANS ✔✔evidence suggests memory is malleable and thus can be
inaccurate
retrieval - ANS ✔✔process by which ppl recall the info stored in memory
, line up problem - ANS ✔✔ppl will pick the closest match even if the suspect isn't there
recommendations on line up - ANS ✔✔1. have blank lien ups to identify those who guess
2. make ppl In line up look similar
3. tell witness person may or may not be in line up
4. dont tell witness who suspect is
problem with eye witness - ANS ✔✔social pressure to be confident on stand
do juries attend to eyewitness? - ANS ✔✔yes, they find it difficult to ignore inadmissible info
(72% convict with a witness)
defendant attractiveness - ANS ✔✔evidence suggests that attractive defendants are convicted
less and receive lenient punishment
what is a relationship? depends on... - ANS ✔✔frequency of contact, duration of contact,
diversity of interactions, strength of influence
what makes up a close relationship - ANS ✔✔one of strong frequent and diverse
interdependence that lasts over a long time
how do relationships begin? - ANS ✔✔physical attractiveness, similarity, familiarity, proximity,
and reciprocity
hart field welcome week dance - ANS ✔✔students are randomly paired at dance and asked if
they would go out again those who said yes were bc they were physically attracted to them
biggest relationship predictor - ANS ✔✔physical attractiveness