Explain Why Recognition Is Usually Superior to Recall; and Describe

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Essay

Explain why recognition is usually superior to recall; and describe how recognition is used by police departments, including how the use of certain distracters can make recognition inaccurate and how this inaccuracy can be minimized.

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Definitions:

Night Vision

The ability to see in low-light conditions, achieved through the adaptation of the eyes and various technologies designed to enhance human vision in the dark.

Blind Spot

The area in the visual field that lacks photoreceptor cells on the retina where the optic nerve exits the eye, resulting in a lack of visual detection.

Ganglion Cells

Retinal neurons that absorb visual data from photoreceptors and send it to the brain through the optic nerve.

Bipolar Cells

A type of neuron in the retina that plays a role in transmitting visual signals from the photoreceptors to ganglion cells.