Chapter 11 Matching Activity

Memory and the Law

The general assumption has been that ________ and ________ help to improve the memories of jurors while they are in deliberation.

A ___________ is when neither the police officer administering the lineup procedure nor the witness knows who the true suspect is in the lineup.

A false confession may be even more damning if it contains information that only the culprit should know but has been leaked to the suspect during the interrogation. This is known as ________.

Researchers may examine events related to their hypothesis that have already occurred (called ________), and/or watch events related to their hypothesis as time passes (called ________).

Taking responsibility for a crime you did not commit is known as a(n) _______.

_________ is when a person comes to believe a thought up event actually took place.

The identification procedure where a witness tries to identify the culprit from a set of photos of similar people is called a _______, whereas a ________ is when the witness tries to identify the culprit from photos presented one at a time.

When a person recalls information that did not actually occur, it is known as ________.

The debate about whether recovered memories were true or false is called the ________.

Billy was a jury member for Harvey White’s trial. Before the trial, Billy read in the newspaper that Harvey has a heavy drinker. During deliberation, Billy remembers that Harvey was drunk when he hit the other car. Billy is making a(n) ________.

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