Take this Exam: A-Level Psychology: Forgetting and Eyewitness Testimony | Zestly

Question 1

Which of the following are core components of the Cognitive Interview technique designed to improve eyewitness accuracy?

Accepted Answer

Mentally reinstating the context of the event.

Question 2

Post-event discussion can lead to 'memory conformity'. Which of the following best explains this phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

Witnesses combine information from their own memory with information provided by others.

Question 3

Why is 'changing the perspective' considered an effective technique in the Cognitive Interview?

Accepted Answer

It disrupts the use of schemas that might otherwise fill in gaps with stereotypical information.

Question 4

Which of the following best defines 'state-dependent forgetting'?

Answer

Forgetting that occurs because the environmental cues are different at retrieval than at encoding.

Answer

Forgetting that occurs because the information was never encoded into long-term memory.

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Forgetting that occurs because the individual's internal physiological or emotional state is different at retrieval than at encoding.

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Forgetting that occurs due to the interference of similar information learned at a later time.

Question 5

Research into misleading information suggests that eyewitness testimony is reconstructive. What does this imply?

Answer

Memory is not a passive recording but an active process of rebuilding past events.

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Eyewitness testimony is inherently 100% accurate because it is based on sensory input.

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The brain stores memories in a permanent, unchangeable format similar to a video file.

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External information can be integrated into a memory, changing the original recollection.