Lesson 20: Eyewitness Testimony and Memory Bias

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Photo spreads

Police show a photo lineup with a potential suspect and then many other people who are known to be innocent of that particular crime

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Foils

Any member of a lineup (whether live or photograph) other than the suspect

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False memories

When people come up with memories that never occurred at all

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Schema or schemata

A memory template, created through repeated exposure to a particular class of objects or events

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Misinformation effect

When we are presented with new information after an event and that new information changes our memory. Now the memory is incorrect because your brain brought the wrong new information into that memory