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Cross-Race Effect
The tendency for people to recognize faces of their own race more accurately than faces of other races.
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Elizabeth Loftus
A psychologist known for her influential research on false memories and eyewitness testimony, especially studies showing how suggestion can distort memory.
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Eyewitness Testimony
A person’s account of an event they personally witnessed, often used as evidence in court.
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False Memories
Memories of events that did not actually happen or that are remembered very inaccurately.
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Identifying Perpetrators
The process in which eyewitnesses attempt to identify the person who committed a crime, often through lineups or photo arrays.
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Foils / Fillers
Individuals in a lineup who are known to be innocent but resemble the suspect. They help ensure the lineup is fair.
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Photo Spreads
A group of photographs shown to a witness to help them identify the perpetrator of a crime.
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Memory Biases
Systematic ways that memory can become distorted or inaccurate, often due to expectations, suggestion, or outside information.
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Misinformation Effect
A memory error that occurs when incorrect information given after an event alters a person’s memory of that event. ex) If someone is asked, “Did you see the broken headlight?” they may later remember seeing one even if it was never there.