reconstructive memory

• is this for or against?

  for
• what happens in many crimes?

  eyewitnesses know the perpetrator of the crime so don't need to refer to their schemas
• what is an organisation relating to EWT?

  RapeCrisis
• what does RapeCrisis report?

  90% of rapists know their victims
• what does 90% of victims knowing their rapist mean?

  eyewitnesses ability to identify assailant is likely to be very reliable even when crimes themselves are incredibly traumatic
• what research links to reconstructive memory?

  Yuille & Cutshall
• what can be seen in Yuille & Cutshall's research?

  when research is conducted with eyewitnesses to real-life crimes (rather than lab-based crimes) their accuracy is much higher than suggested by lab-based research
• what would be expected if memory reconstructive?

  eyewitness recollections to have faded overtime & been susceptible to leading questions, however not the case in Yuille & Cutshall's research