1. Does Psychological Research support Eyewitness Testimony?
Other factors should also be taken into account, such as was the sample chosen a biased group? ... However, one has to remember that some participants may have conformed involuntarily by answering the question the way they think they should have (as the questions are really worded in a bias manner to try and make the participants do so). ... It may have been more to do with the examples given above, than the actual wording of the questions. ... The Home Office issued guiding principles that suggest that police interviews should take place using free recall to general open-ended questions en...
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