PSY 510 PSY510 Final Project Milestone Three.docx – Snhu

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PSY 510 PSY510 Final Project Milestone Three.docx – Snhu

Eyewitness testimony has been found to be inaccurate in one-third of some 239 cases in which 73 percent were overturned due to DNA evidence that proved the individual innocent following a guilty conviction that mainly rested on eyewitness testimony, according to a report prepared by the Innocent Project (Arkowitz, and Lilienfield, 2010). Results of the studies performed regarding eyewitness testimony have found varying factors that play into eyewitness testimony being incorrect. Many eyewitnesses are asked to pick a perpetrator out from a police lineup, photo array, mug books, or create a sketch with a sketch artist, soon after the event.

PSY 510 PSY510 Final Project Milestone Three.docx – Snhu

It has been discovered that individuals with certain psychological disorders, such as antisocial personality disorder and substance abuse are at high risk for false identifications by eyewitnesses, but what about children and why are so many incorrect? Surveys have found that most jurors place a heavy weight on eyewitness testimony when it comes time to determine guilt. It seems to be easier for a juror to merely believe an eyewitness rather than relying on their own decision when determining guilt. The U.S. Supreme Court has addressed pretrial identification procedures that police use with witnesses.

PSY 510 PSY510 Final Project Milestone Three.docx – Snhu

The Court has emphasized the need for reliable procedures to be used rather than procedures that are suggestive in nature and could taint the accuracy of the eyewitness. An example of a suggestive procedure would be an investigator implying that the actual offender is among the lineup participants, this then makes the eyewitness feel more compelled to pick someone. Scientists found that humans have two types of memory. One is called “verbatim trace” and the other is called “gist trace”.It is thought that children have more verbatim traces, but as they mature, they develop more and more of the second type of memory. Verbatim trace is where events are recorded very precisely and factually; whereas gist trace is where they recall the meaning of an event, not the actual event.

PSY 510 PSY510 Final Project Milestone Three.docx – Snhu

• PSY 211 – Lifespan Development (5015 Documents),
• PSY 215 – Abnormal Psychology (4335 Documents),
• PSY 108 – Introduction to Psychology (3759 Documents),
• PSY 223 – Statistics for Psychology Research (2652 Documents),
• PSY 216 – Psychology of Personality (1841 Documents),
• PSY 510 – Research Methods (1748 Documents),
• PSY 520 – Research Methods in Psychology II (1469 Documents),
• PSY 257 – Psychology (1451 Documents),
• PSY 310 – Criminal Psychology (1393 Documents),
• PSY 200 – FOUNDATIONS OF ADDICTIONS (1379 Documents),