If someone provides positive feedback to the eyewitness during their identification of a person from the lineup what would you expect to happen
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Adi S.
Sara was standing on a street corner waiting for a bus when she witnessed a man steal a woman's purse across the street. She was interviewed by two detectives. The first detective said "tell me everything you saw." He then asked her to imagine that she was standing on the opposite corner of the street and report everything she remembered. Later, they called Sara to the police station and gave her a lineup. The detective who arrested the suspect presented all of the lineup pictures together. He then asked her if she recognized the thief in the lineup, but cautioned that the thief may or may not be present in the lineup. She identified photo number three. The detective said "good, you identified the suspect" and then recorded her confidence. What potential effect could the detective saying "good, you identified the suspect" have according to lecture? Artificially inflate her confidence in the ID. It could be used to postdict the accuracy of her identification in court. It could lead other witnesses to come forward and ID the same suspect. It could be used against the detective in court as an example of bias and suggestion. Question 12: In a study by Loftus, participants watched a movie of a car accident. She asked one group of people to estimate how fast the cars were going when they "smashed" into each other, and she asked another group to estimate how fast they were going when they "hit" each other. What was the outcome of this study?
Akash M.
How does positive feedback affect the way participants remember the crime video? Feedback makes participants less willing to testify about what they saw in the video. Feedback causes all participants to be absolutely certain that they identified the correct man in the video. Feedback causes participants to remember the video with greater confidence. Feedback has no effect on the participants' estimate of how much attention they paid to the man's face in the video. In 1984, an intruder broke into the home of Jennifer Thompson, a 22-year-old student, and sexually assaulted her. In the initial stages of the subsequent investigation, the police showed Jennifer a photo array of men matching the description she gave of the intruder. She chose a photo of Ronald Cotton and identified him as the assailant. At a later point in the investigation, Jennifer identified Ronald Cotton as her attacker a second time by choosing him from a lineup. Mr. Cotton spent 11 years in prison before DNA testing proved that someone else, a man named Bobby Poole, had actually attacked Jennifer. Although correct procedures were followed in the investigation, a combination of several factors led to Jennifer's confident and persuasive testimony during Ronald Cotton's trial. Which of the following presents a scenario where positive feedback could have impacted Jennifer's identification of her assailant? Jennifer was given only ten minutes to identify her attacker from the lineup. Jennifer was shown several photos simultaneously rather than a sequence of photos. Jennifer was not informed that her attacker might not be in the lineup. Officers told Jennifer that the man she identified in the photo array had been involved in other breaking-and-entering crimes.
Lainey R.
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