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Eye-Witness Testimony Until now we have focused upon theoretical psychology that employ methods that are removed from real life
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Topic 3 - Eye-Witness Testimony Until now we have focused upon theoretical psychology that employ methods that are removed from real life. Neisser was one psychologist who criticized his fellow psychologists for concentrating too much on theoretical concepts and ignoring the practical issues involved about memory. It is memory from real life experiences that psychologists must concentrate on and one aspect of this is known as the eyewitness testimony. Reliability of Eyewitness Testimony It is without doubt that eyewitnesses to a crime are one of the most important people to the police when trying to get a conviction but we must remember that sometimes they can be un-reliable. Sometimes we cannot recall the exact events that surround the incident or sometimes it can be distorted so that details are lost or inaccurate ones added. In real life it is not necessary to precisely recall specific things in order to use them in every...
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