implausible allegations of child sexual abuse. Applied Developmental Science‚ 3(2)‚ 86-91. Holcomb‚ M. J.‚ & Jacquin‚ K. M. (2007). Juror perceptions of child eyewitness testimony in a sexual abuse trial. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse‚ 16(2)‚ 79-95. Loftus‚ E Lloyd‚ M. E.‚ Doydum‚ A. O.‚ & Newcombe‚ N. S. (2009). Memory binding in early childhood: Evidence for a retrieval deficit. Child Development‚ 80(5)‚ 1321-1328. Leander‚ L.‚ Christianson‚ S.‚ & Granhag‚ P. (2007). A sexual abuse case study
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The nature of memory: STM‚ LTM and Duration Duration of STM One of the key differences between the concepts of STM and LTM is duration. “Duration” refers to how long a memory lasts before it is no longer available. Short term memories don’t last very long. An example of STM in action would be trying to remember a seven-digit phone number that you have just been given. This is maintained in the short-term memory by REPETITION until the number is dialled‚ and then fades once the conversation
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HUMAN AGGRESSION Craig A. Anderson and Brad J. Bushman Department of Psychology‚ Iowa State University‚ Ames‚ Iowa 50011-3180; e-mail: caa@iastate.edu‚ bushman@iastate.edu Key Words violence‚ harm‚ theory‚ general aggression model ■ Abstract Research on human aggression has progressed to a point at which a unifying framework is needed. Major domain-limited theories of aggression include cognitive neoassociation‚ social learning‚ social interaction‚ script‚ and excitation trans-fer
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Psychological research shows that eyewitness testimony is not always accurate; therefore‚ it should not be used in the criminal justice system. Discuss. Since the exoneration of wrongly convicted people through DNA evidence‚ the question of whether eyewitness testimony should be used in the Criminal Justice System (CJS) has been debated. This essay will discuss different estimator variables affecting eyewitness testimony‚ both during the event – face-recognition challenges; stress and trauma;
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Psychodynamic approach Assumes the importance of; - childhood experiences have a great influence on our adult lives‚ shaping our personalities. childhood events can remain in the unconscious + cause problems as adults Freud – all children go through 5 x psychosexual stages of development; - relationships Particularly family members and especially parent and child‚ used as a template for adult relationships. -the unconscious mind influences our behaviour. Often the conscious mind is unaware
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English 111 27 January 2013 Audience Analysis The general audience I would like to target in this particular essay would have to be my fellow classmates‚ and instructor. What I feel I am expressing in this essay about “The American Culture” by Deborah Tannen will be in relation to any and all participating in this assignment as well as having read this particular article. Being Americans‚ we have all read this article‚ even if not by words. Just as we all live in the “argument culture” now‚
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from an older witness‚ but they’re likely more convinced of that testimony because of the eyewitness’s confidence. An eyewitness may not be reliable for several reasons – Anxiety / Stress Reconstructive Memory Weapon Focus Leading Questions (Loftus and Palmer‚ 1974) and they don’t all have to do with poor vision‚ although that’s one of the leading reasons. In fact‚ tests performed on people with good eyesight have shown that at just 10 feet away‚ a witness may not be able to see a person’s
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Why does it matter that language may be sexist‚ racist and so on? Apart from the obvious point that such language is offensive‚ many people that the language we hear and use has a big influence on the way we think. There are two extreme views of this issue‚ the universalist and the relativist. The universalist position is that all humans share common ways of thinking‚ a set of basic concepts about the world which we may call conceptual primes. One example is relative distance‚ the distinction between
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9. Suppose a friend tells you that she thinks that she is psychic because she always has this “feeling” that her professor is going to tell a joke‚ just before the professor actually does tell a joke. Using the principle of implicit learning‚ how would you explain to your friend that she is not actually psychic‚ and that there is a perfectly logical explanation for her “feelings”? (2 points) • I would say she is not actually psychic because over the time she has spent with her professor
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Even though as individuals and as a society we would like to be free to engage in possible romantic relationships with whomever we want‚ I believe it is morally acceptable for a company to adopt workplace dating / fraternization policies. The company has the right‚ no‚ the obligation‚ to provide a working environment that is free of the unnecessary distractions that a workplace romance might cause and an obligation to protect its own assets. Having said that‚ people are people and there are bound
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