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To what extent had psychological research shown Eye Witness Testimony to be reliable and accurate?
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To what extent had psychological research shown Eye Witness Testimony to be reliable and accurate? There are many cases that both help and hinder the reliability and accuracy of EWT (Eye Witness Testimony). One experiment conducted by Loftus and Palmer showed strong results of unreliability and inaccuracy. They gathered a group of American students and showed them a video of a car accident. They then asked them several questions including "At what speed do you think the cars were going when they (hit/smashed/collided/bumped/contacted) each other?" Only one verb was used per participant. Loftus found that the estimated speed changed depending on the verb they used. The verb affected part of the participants' memory of the incident. This is strong evidence to show that EWT is highly unreliable as it can be affected by leading questions such as that of Loftus and Palmer's. But this theory can be criticised by the idea...
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