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• Why is eye-witness research considered misleading?

  It focuses on details hard to estimate
• What did Loftus (1979b) show participants?

  A man stealing a red purse
• What was the outcome of Loftus's study regarding the purse's color?

  98% remembered the purse was red
• What does Loftus's study suggest about eyewitness recollection?

  Central details may resist distortion
• What is a flashbulb memory?

  A highly accurate, long-lasting memory
• What hormones may enhance memory storage during emotional events?

  Adrenaline
• How do emotions affect memory reliability according to the text?

  They may lead to more reliable memories
• What did Davies et al. (1989) find about child witnesses?

  They are generally accurate in recalling events
• What age groups did Davies et al. study?

  Children aged 6-7 and 10-11
• What did Anastasi and Rhodes (2006) discover about recognition accuracy?

  People recognize offenders of their age group
• What does the text suggest about eyewitnesses knowing the perpetrator?

  It increases identification reliability
• What percentage of rapists are known to their victims according to RapeCrisis?

  90%
• How does Yuille and Cutshall's research differ from laboratory studies?

  Real-life eyewitness accuracy is higher
• What would you expect if memory was purely reconstructive?

  Recollections would fade over time
• What was not the case in Yuille and Cutshall's research?

  Eyewitness recollections faded over time