Eyewitness Identification

TASK:Watch the following video: : You are a defense attorney and one of the students in the video above has wrongfully identified your client as the thief of the laptop.

Given what you know about the following Key Terms:effortful vs. automatic encodingstate-dependent and mood-congruent memoryinterference, andthe constructive nature of memory (including misinformation, imagination, and source amnesia effects),how would you challenge the validity and reliability of that eyewitness testimony?

Whatarguments would you use to confront the witness in your cross-examination and attack his/her credibility?

Write a defense of at least 300 words, answering the questions in red above. Usethe research articles below, as well as the material from the rest of this lesson, to support your conclusions.

Make sure to use the Key Terms correctly, format them in bold, and explain clearly how theyfit the situation.Research Article #1: Misinformation Effect Article #2: Flashbulb memories Article #3: How accurate are our memories of 9/11? Article #4: Eyewitness identification