Module12

=Module 12 Remembering & Forgetting =

Pages 260-279

Plotnik, R. (2005). Introduction to Psychology (7th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Thomson Learning.

Vocabulary!
Change the Study Mode to change the game you play when practicing your vocabulary.

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This video is about Clive Wearing who has only a memory of seconds, he suffers from retrograde and anterograde amnesia.

From 60 Minutes, this Videolooks at the accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony, The second part of this video can be seen here

Supreme Court rejects special review of eyewitness testimony This article is about an 8-1 vote by the Supreme Court siding with New Hampshire and Obama administration attorneys, who argued that existing safeguards were sufficient to prevent unreliable testimony When Memory Commits an Injustice This article is about how eyewitness mistakes lead to tragic errors in court, but new methods can help stop this issue

Discussion Questions!
1)Do you think eyewitness testimony is a reliable source of evidence in court? 2)What do you find easier, Recal which is used in a fill-in-a-blank and essay question or Recognition which is used in a multiple-choice test?

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