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This assignment will review the design, findings and methodology of an article written by Pamela Coxon and Valentine entitled "The effects of the age of eyewitnesses on the accuracy and suggestibility of their testimony".
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Memory presents us with one of the most puzzling problems in the science of the mind. Everyday life requires us to retrieve information that may have been encoded some time before. Some information seems easier to recollect than others. For example, you might assume that it would be a relatively easy task to recollect a crime that you had witnessed. At the time of encoding you would be aware that what you are witnessing is important, and so would have no problem retrieving the information at a later time. This is not always the case, however, and many factors can influence the accuracy and reliability of eyewitness evidence. The age of the witness has emerged as an important variable with researchers, for example (Ceci & Bruck, 1993), showing that young children tend to remember less than older children or adults. A second factor that can have an enormous influence...
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