You Witness a Crime and Are Asked to Take Part

question 92

Multiple Choice

You witness a crime and are asked to take part in an eyewitness lineup.You are aware of how unreliable they can be,but you hope to help the police apprehend the correct person.What is one of the recommendations you have read about regarding eyewitness lineups?

• A)they should be conducted "double-blind"
• B)they should always include the person who committed the crime
• C)they should be conducted without instruction so as to not bias you
• D)they should not be videotaped

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Definitions:

Eyewitness Testimony

Evidence provided in court by someone who witnessed a crime or significant event, which can heavily influence jury decisions despite potential issues with reliability.

Short-Term Memory

Short-term memory is a cognitive system that temporarily holds a limited amount of information in an accessible state for cognitive tasks.

Encoding Specificity

The principle that recall is more effective when the context at the time of encoding matches the context at the time of retrieval.

Retrograde Amnesia

A condition characterized by an inability to recall memories formed before the onset of amnesia.