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    How is Elizabeth’s testimony used against Proctor? Why is this an unfair test of Elizabeth’s word against John’s? Evaluate Elizabeth’s decision. Elizabeth claims that Proctor is not a lecher while he says he is. This is unfair‚ because they are both trying to be selfless

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    Outline and evaluate the effect of anxiety on eyewitness testimony AO1 AO2 Yerkes Dodson law – states that there is an optimum level of anxiety for accurate eyewitness testimony. I.e. People who are not at all stressed‚ and people who are very stressed will be less accurate eyewitnesses that those who are under a moderate amount of stress. Loftus carried out a study of the ‘Weapon effect’. She set up two conditions of the experiment. In both conditions‚ participants heard a discussion in the

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    Dec 1862; Eyewitness Testimony of Union Physician Louis Steiner‚ Dr. Lewis Steiner‚ Chief Inspector of the United States Sanitary Commission‚ observed General Stonewall Jackson’s occupation of Frederick‚ Maryland‚ in 1862. He wrote: Over 3‚000 Negroes must be included in this number of Confederate troops). These were clad in all kinds of uniforms‚ not only in cast-off or captured United States uniforms‚ but in coats with Southern buttons‚ State buttons‚ etc. Most of the Negroes had arms‚ rifles‚

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    Steve Titus’s circumstances illustrates the dangers of source confusion during eyewitness testimonies. Source confusion occurs when the context and details of a stimulus are misremembered or confused with another stimulus‚ which may only appear familiar. In this case‚ Titus resembled a rapist who was wanted‚ as well as his car was similar to the rapist’s car. When Titus was shown in a lineup‚ he was picked out as the offender. This situation shows that people are capable of having no source memory

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    One study of eyewitness testimony (EWT) was by Loftus and Palmer. Their aim was to see whether asking leading questions had any effect on recall. The method used was a laboratory experiment and had two parts to it. The first was showing participants (Ppts) 7 films of car accidents. Participants were then asked questions‚ including “How fast were the cars travelling when they **** each other?” The asterisks were then replaced with a different verb‚ including “smashed” and “hit.” The second part

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    comparing textbooks and material that I have learned from both classes. Most recently‚ I have conducted research on the validity of eyewitness testimonies and the cognitive psychology behind it. I also had the opportunity to interview Dr. Robert Belli‚ a professor at UNL that focuses most of his research on factors that affect the reliability of eyewitness testimonies such as the misinformation effect and recovered memory. When considering all the problems that are associated with human memory it is understandably

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    Amy J. Fitzgerald conducted a research article on ‘‘It’s a Horrible Coincidence’’: Corporate Responsibility and the 2007 Pet Food Recall. The purpose of the article is to expose corporate crime‚ and it’s affair with the media. The article is mainly based on the 2007 pet food recall incident‚ involving Menu Foods. Furthermore Amy touches on Tembec‚ which is a company that produces seafood and livestock. In addition‚ Amy discusses how China fits into this study. Finally she puts the microscope on Menu

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    narrative of religious nationalism‚ displacement and communal violence between the two nation states of India and Pakistan or more definitively the Muslims and Hindus. In Urvashi Butalia’s (2000‚ pp.264-300) “The Other Side of Silence” the oral testimony of Maya Rani‚ a Punjabi woman who was a child living in Pakistan during the Partition is particularly important to the histiography surrounding the event as it is told from a different perspective by a person not directly involved in the conflict

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    Natalie Erdman Miss Atz English 9 Honors (Period 4) 15 February 2012 Mayella’s Testimony I hear someone call my name‚ my full name “Mayella Violet Ewell!” I can hear it loud and clear‚ I’m so scared. I know what really happened but I can’t tell. I walk toward the witness stand‚ terrified. I stop before enterin’‚ take the oath sayin I’ll say the truth‚ the whole truth‚ and nothing but the truth; but it’s all a lie‚ the oath and what I’ll testify. I’m sittin’ in the stand‚ lookin’ the

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    Eyewitness Testimony: Effects of Gender on Memory Recall Georgia College and State University   Abstract Eyewitness testimony is a frequently used tool in the judicial system. Although studies have shown that eyewitness testimony is not always accurate due to the many different factors that affect our everyday memory‚ this study focused on gender being a factor in memory recall. Male and female participants were shown a video of a crime that was taking place. Participants watched a video

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