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Each of the following 3 questions is worth 1 point with scores being 1 (all or mostly correct), .5 (on the right track but major problems), or 0 (no answer or not even close) 1. This question is based on the video in with De Loach describes the outcome of her study showing that toddlers learn better from parents than from watching a DVD. Taking care of a toddler all day is really hard work, and caregivers sometimes need a break. If you were going to try to create a way to (1) give the caregiver a 10-minute break, and (2) have the 2-year-old they're caring for learn some words, what approaches might you try? One approach that I would take to give the caregiver a 10-minute break, and have the two-year-old they’re caring for learn some words, would be to give the child a book to read while the caregiver takes their break. The child could be given the expectation that if they can read some of the book to the caregiver upon their return, then they could receive a reward and continue to read the book together. This would keep the child entertained, without the use of TV, during the caregiver's break and they have an incentive to remain engaged. 2. A common theme in sci-fi movies is that, when a person can’t remember information about an incident or crime, some device is used to go into the person’s brain and access the “original memory.” Based on what you’ve learned about eyewitness testimony, explain why this approach is likely to remain pure fiction. This approach is likely to remain pure fiction due to memories being subjective and prone to reconstruction. The idea that an “original” memory could be extracted would imply that there is a single, objective record to access; one that has not been influenced by our personal perspectives, emotions, biases, etc. That type of memory does not exist, therefore the concept remains fictional due to this inherent limitation. 3. In one study you learned about in the lecture, children were less likely to be misled by another child’s interview than by an adult. That is, the status of the questioner with Questions for Media and Eye Witness Testimony
respect to the child seems to matter. This finding suggests that other types of status might affect testimony when the witness and interviewer are from different social classes? Propose an experiment that might reveal the effects of social status on the validity of eye witness testimony. I would propose an experiment where individual interviews regarding a simulated crime are conducted with each participant (participants being from high and low social classes) by an interviewer (of high and low social class). The accuracy of the participant's testimony, their own confidence in the accuracy of their testimony, and their memory recall errors would bring insight into how the social status of an interviewer can affect the validity of the witness testimonies, especially in cases that involve individuals from differing social classes.
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