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- What is the key question regarding eyewitness testimony?
- What does eyewitness testimony refer to?
- Why is eyewitness testimony important to society?
- Why does it matter if eyewitness testimony is inaccurate?
- When is eyewitness testimony most important?
- Why is accurate eyewitness testimony relevant to society?
- What is a consequence of wrongful convictions for society?
- How does wrongful conviction affect the economy?
- How long did Ronald Cotton spend in prison?
- What was Ronald Cotton convicted of?
- Who was the actual offender in Ronald Cotton's case?
- What percentage of wrongful convictions are attributed to inaccurate eyewitness testimony?
- What do innocence projects suggest about the percentage of innocent prisoners?
- What does the statistic of 2.3% represent in the context of prisoners?
- How many prisoners were considered in the innocence project statistic?
- What is the broader societal issue related to wrongful convictions?
- What are the two concepts that help understand memory issues?
- According to Bartlett's theory, how is memory reconstructed?
- What are schemas learned from?
- What is a potential problem with using schemas in memory recall?
- What does inaccurate eyewitness testimony imply about memory recall?
- What criticism has been made against Bartlett's theory of memory?
- What is the main focus of reconstructive memory theory?
- How do schemas affect memory recall according to Bartlett's theory?
- What type of memory stores events like witnessing a crime?
- What is described as the "mental diary" in Tolving's theory?
- How are episodic memories characterized in terms of context?
- What does it mean that episodic memories are more prone to distortion?
- How does the presence of retrieval cues affect eyewitness testimony accuracy?
- What should police do to enhance the accuracy of eyewitness testimony?
- What are the implications of Tolving's theory on eyewitness testimony?