III. Cognitive Level of Analysis Learning Outcomes: I. Historical and Cultural Development of Cognitive Level of Analysis A. The cognitive level of analysis studies cognition: all the mental structures and processes involved in the reception‚ storage‚ and use of knowledge. B. The cognitive level of analysis studies the mind‚ according to this approach it is an information-processing system‚ functions much like a computer C. Cognitive psychology studies cognition‚ viewed in terms of information-processing
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eyewitness testimonies’. Some of them have shown that anxiety can impair the accuracy of these testimonies. However‚ other studies have proven that anxiety and stress can actually lead to a more detailed and accurate recall of the event witnessed. Loftus and Burns (1982) showed that anxiety can impair the accuracy of eyewitness testimonies. One group of participants were a showed a film of a crime with no violence. Another group were shown the same film but with a violent incident where a boy was
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such as Loftus and Palmer (1974)‚ to prevent leading questions‚ and to provide witnesses with state and context cues (such as how they were feeling or what they were planning to do when the event happened)‚ to improve remembering. Eyewitness testimony plays a large part in court judgements‚ and sometimes the entire outcome of the trial can depend solely on an eyewitness’ testimony. This illustrates the importance of ensuring such a testimony is as reliable as possible. Studies such as Loftus and Palmer
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Psychology‚ 7‚ 155–163. Schooler‚ J. W.‚ & Loftus‚ E. F. (1986). Individual differences and
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EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY: Do the findings from research on eyewitness testimony suggest that eyewitness testimony should not be admitted in court? An eyewitness testimony is a report made by a person who observed an event. Police‚ prosecutors‚ juries and judges in court generally believe‚ trust and accept eyewitness testimony‚ especially if no other evidence (objects‚ documentary and/or physical evidence) is available and if the eyewitness has no reason nor motivation
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Summary of the case The case concerns an eyewitness interview carried out by Police Officer Paul Williams on Thursday 27th September 2017. The eyewitness‚ 28-year-old Thomas Peters‚ was coming back home from the Odeon cinema on a Tuesday night shortly after 10pm when he heard loud shouting in a nearby alleyway. He there saw two men in their twenties‚ arguing. Thomas Peters described one of them‚ the aggressor‚ as being tall and muscly‚ wearing a maroon shirt and dark jeans‚ and having no hair. Thomas
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such that the ideas are very similar. It gets its idea from how a computer works and how we process information. Based on the computer analogy‚ cognitive psychology is interested in how the brain inputs‚ stores and outputs information. Loftus and Palmers (1974) study of an eyewitness testimony demonstrates how the cognitive process of a person’s memory can be misled by other information provided after an event. This highlights that memory is a dynamic process which can be influenced by many
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remembered. Therefore‚ similar to eyewitness testimony‚ wording and subtle suggestions can influence people to remember an event in a particular way‚ even to the extent that they remember aspects that never occurred. In a similar experiment done by Loftus et. al (1979)‚ subjects were shown a video and asked how fast a car was going when passing a yield sign. However‚ in this video‚ there was no yield sign. Due to this insertion of misinformation‚ the yield condition felt more familiar and when presented
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studying ancient history to taking a simple test. This paper will evaluate Loftus and Palmer’s (1974) Lab Experiment 2 and Levinger & Clark (1961) Experiment‚ which tested the extent to which memory is reliable. Both studies point out that memory can be manipulated and differs depending on the subject and time‚ making it less reliable than what an individual would initially expect. Firstly‚ this paper will look into Loftus and Palmer’s (1974) Lab Experiment 2. The aim of this experiment was to
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accuracy of eyewitness testimony such as emotions‚ fundamental attribution bias‚ face recognition in other races‚ leading questions and many more. An example of the affect factors such as leading questions can have on eyewitness testimonies is the Loftus and Palmed study (1974). It’s has been proposed that we store a series of incomplete memory fragments in our mind. When we need to recall a memory we unknowingly fill in the blanks to reconstruct a memory that can be fraught with inaccuracies
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