Scenario: You are a defense attorney and an eyewitness to the crime in question has given testimony your client as the culprit. Given what you know about effortful vs. automatic encoding,...

Scenario: You are a defense attorney and an eyewitness to the crime in question has given testimony your client as the culprit. Given what you know about effortful vs. automatic encoding, state-dependent and mood-congruent memory, interference, and the constructive nature of memory (including misinformation, imagination, and source amnesia effects), how would you challenge the validity and reliability of that eyewitness testimony? What arguments would you use to confront the witness in your cross-examination?Select ONE of the following sources to use:1. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/evidence-based-justice-acknowledges-our-corrupt-memories/2. https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-09-09/flashbulb-memories-of-dramatic-events-such-as-9-11-arent-as-accurate-as-believed3. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/911-memory-accuracy/4. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-the-eyes-have-it/
It does not matter which one is chosen.
Should be a brief summary and evaluation of the reliability of eyewitness testimony (integrating the above-mentioned issues).
Mar 25, 2021
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