emotional memories is “flashbulb memories.” Flashbulb recollections tend to be extraordinarily vivid and detailed‚ and are recalled with much confidence and accuracy. However‚ it can also be wrong. Therefore‚ memory vividness and confidence during eyewitness testimony cannot be associated with accuracy. (Reisberg) Individuals who become a part of the legal system are usually asked to recall highly emotional and often negative information. Witnesses to murders and other violent crimes‚ and victims of
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have always been fascinated with how the human brain works. How is it possible for humans to remember so many things and be able to retrieve that information when needed days or even years later? Prior to taking psych 100‚ I always thought that psychology was strictly related to emotions and behaviors. I never thought that it had anything to do with how we store and retrieve information. Nor did I consider that maps and pictures we formulate in our heads had anything to do with our memory. I’ve
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Outline Paper 2: Jack Akram With regards to at least two literary works‚ explain how the setting both influences the characters and reflects the author’s own context Introduction: a) Seasons in a year and how the seasons go along with the plot and Mikages emotions. b) The different types of kitchens Mikage goes to as the story develops shows the maturity level of Mikage and how it develops. c) The indoor and outdoor setting use from Yoshimoto. Yoshimoto uses
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Can children testify as an eyewitness and how reliable is their testimony? Some researchers have determined that children can’t and can testify as an eyewitness. It depends on the way children persist questioned and who questions them. Children’s eyewitness testimony come about reliable at times‚ but not all the time; it depends on how the child endure questioning and who questions them and one example is the McMartin case. Memory is a big key in children’s eyewitness testimony and at certain ages
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Case 2 E-Government Increasing Productivity and Efficiency with Could and Mobile Technologies Question 1. Why are government agencies increasingly interested in using cloud and mobile technologies to accomplish their missions? Government agencies have found they could deliver the information and service by IT solutions. When using the IT in a more efficient and coordinated way‚ government agencies could accomplish more on tighter budgets. Using cloud computing‚ the federal government not only reduced
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they are falsifiable and therefore shouldn’t exclusively determine a verdict. When used as sole evidence‚ if the testimony is remotely questionable or a key word such as “resembled” is used‚ more evidence is needed to solidify the situation. In the case Scott Fraser speaks of‚ only eye witness testimonies were being used to convict the suspect. There was no DNA evidence‚ no murder weapon‚ and a description of the vehicle was not proved. Fraser outlined key components that discredited the witnesses
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1. An ethical issue exists when there is a question of whether an action is right or wrong. List the issues that‚ in your opinion‚ are ethical issues in this case. Chandler told Braxton that many things are out of their field or expertise’s‚ however‚ Braxton had some legitimate concerns that needed to be addressed. One‚ when PSI decided to cut productions of the shredded film‚ they were essentially not delivering what that promised to the companies that they had contracts with. Chandlers advice
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CASE 9: Horniman Horticulture 1. Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the company Horniman Horticulture. - Horniman Horticulture has a variety of strengths and weaknesses‚ among them are a mix of quantitative numbers to support the performance as well as qualitative factors to support the performance. We should address the management to start with and their business philosophies. One of the co-owners Bob Brown has a very strong work ethic‚ which he has achieved through his fathers personal
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Case study BIGGER ISN’T ALWAYS BETTTER! Andres Pires opened his automobile parts store‚ Quickly Auto Parts‚ 5 yrs ago‚ in a mid-sized city located in southern Mindanao. Having worked for an automobile dealership‚ first as a technician‚ and later as the parts department manager‚ for over 15 yrs‚ Andres had learned the many nuances of the fiercely competitive automobile servicing business. He had developed many contracts with dealers and service technicians‚ which came in really handy when establishing
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Chapter 2 Blades‚ Inc. Case Ben Holt‚ chief financial officer (CFO) of Blades‚ Inc.‚ has decided to counteract the decreasing demand for Speedos roller blades by exporting this product to Thailand. Furthermore‚ due to the low cost of rubber and plastic in Southeast Asia‚ Holt has decided to import some of the components needed to manufacture Speedos from Thailand. Holt feels that importing rubber and plastic components from Thailand will provide Blades with a cost advantage ( the components
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