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Social psy/ Law
Lecture
| Vocabulary | Definition | Theory | Theory Explanation | Research | Research Implications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| acquisition | process by which people notice and pay attention to info in the enviro; because people can't percieve everthing that is happening around them, they acquire only a subset of hte info available in the enviro. | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| storage | process by which people store in memory info they have achired from the enviroment. | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| retrieval | process by which people recall info. stored in their memories | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| Three stages of accurate memory | 1)acquisition 2)storage 3)retrieval | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| Own-Race Bias | people are better at recognizing faces of their own race than those of other races | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| Reconstructive Memory | the process whereby memories of an event become distorted by information encouontered after the event occurred | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| source monitoring | process whereby people try to identify the source of their memories | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| polygraph | a machine that measures people physiological operators attemt to tell if someone is lying by observing that person's physiological responses while answering questions | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| cognitive interveiw | technique whereby a trained interviewer tries to improve eyewitnesses'memories by forcusing their attention on the details and context of the event | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| Recovered Memories | recollections of a past event, such as sexual abuse, that had been forgotten or repressed | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| false memory syndrome | rememgering a past traumatic experience that is objectively false but nevertheless accepted as true | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| deterrence theory | hypothesis that the threat of legal punishment causes people to refrain fom chimnal activity as long as the punishmetn is perceived as relatively severe, certain, and swift. | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| procedural justice | people's judgment about the fairness of the procedures used to determine outcomes, such as whether they are innocent or guilty of a crime | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
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