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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Victor from “Every Little Hurricane” is an example of a teen protagonist witnesses struggles of poverty‚ alcoholism‚ and disparity in his own household. The setting of the story is at a new year’s eve party‚ where his two uncles‚ Arnold and Adolph are fighting‚ and nearly murder one another. Witnesses in the background are fully aware of the chaotic environment caused by the heated argument of the uncles but do nothing‚ for seeing one Indian killing another does not at all surprise them. For many
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improve not only ourselves but the lives of the people around us. Showing mercy does not just involve compassion towards others‚ but also involves showing forgiveness. Forgiveness is a key part of giving second chances‚ and plays a major part in Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables. In Les Miserables‚ the ex-convict Jean Valjean is released from prison and spends one of his first nights of freedom in the house of a kind bishop. When leaving‚ Jean Valjean steals some of the bishop’s silverware and is later
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I do not think that Victor Kelleher is an exceptional thriller writer. However I do agree to the statement which says that “Del-Del grips like a vice and holds the reader taut‚ on a nerves edge‚ until the final page. Victor Kelleher is a very talented thriller writer‚ the technique where he drops small clues in the text as to a possible ending is one to be admired and his fantastic techniques which he uses is the best thing about Del-Del‚ Unfortunately Kelleher did not show his greatest work in this
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION In today’s time‚ technology dominates the lives of almost every people. Technology can be seen anywhere‚ may it be at home‚ in school‚ in the mall‚ in the grocery store‚ etc. A computer is one of the most popular devices where technology is greatly applied. Since technology plays an important role in our society‚ computers are generally wanted and sometimes needed by everyone. People use computers for a variety of reasons‚ may it be for chatting‚ playing computer games
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Prosecution of Victor Frankenstein Today we are gathering to discuss the tragic death of William Frankenstein. Unfortunately‚ this innocent child is a victim of the unfortunate events that have recently passed. However‚ we are not here today to discuss how we feel about the loss of him‚ but rather what will happen to one of the two possible perpetrators. The two being Victor Frankenstein and the Creature that he created. However‚ I will be prosecuting Victor Frankenstein because his lack of compassion
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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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As ironic as it seems‚ and for the many differences shown between Victor and the Monster in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ there are also various similarities between these two characters. The way they want to learn‚ they way they used to love but now hate the world‚ and the great sense of remorse they feel at the end. Both‚ Victor and the Monster‚ had a great desire for learning. For Victor it was more about studying and becoming fully educated in the sciences. As for the monster however: he was more interested in learning about human life
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models of atonement. These being: Christus Victor‚ Moral Influence and the Penal Substitution. I will be giving a brief over view of each reflecting on their strengths and weaknesses. In the Bible‚ atonement usually means
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