William Jenkins

An Analysis of Elizabeth F. Loftus's Eyewitness Testimony

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Produktbeschreibung

Elizabeth Loftus' 1979 work explains why people sometimes remember events inaccurately and how this simple fact has a profound impact on the criminal justice system, especially given the value placed on eyewitness accounts. Although, as these are based on memories that are not always reliable.

Produktdetails

• The Macat Library
• Verlag: Macat International Limited
• Seitenzahl: 87
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 193mm x 125mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 116g
• ISBN-13: 9781912128785
• ISBN-10: 1912128780
• Artikelnr.: 48849246

Autorenporträt

Dr Bill Jenkins holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Michigan. He is currently co-chair of the Department of Psychology at Mercer University.

Inhaltsangabe

Ways in to the text Who was Elizabeth Loftus? What does Eyewitness
Testimony Say? Why does Eyewitness Testimony Matter? Section 1: Influences
Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context
Module 3: The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas
Module 5: Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module
8: Place in the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First
Responses Module 10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence
Today Module 12: Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text
Works Cited