Eye Witness Testimony. research into this area has found that eyewitness testimony can be affected by many psychological factors

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Eyewitness testimony:

Eyewitness testimony is an important area of research in cognitive psychology and human memory.  It refers to an account given by people of an event they have witnessed.  For example they may be required to give a description at a trail of a robbery or a road accident someone has seen. Jurys tend to pay close attention to eyewitness testimony and generally find it a reliable source of information.  However, research into this area has found that eyewitness testimony can be affected by many psychological factors:

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- Age of witness: Age of witness can be one of many factors on eyewitness testimony. We have to keep in mind that if our witnesses are older they might have illnesses that can effect their memory.

- Anxiety: People who were subjected to the highest levels of anxiety were nearest to the incident so would have been able to see more clearly what happened.

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Aim:
The aim of this study was to investigate how information supplied after an event, influences a witness's memory for that event.

The study actually consists of two laboratory experiments. They are both examples of ...

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