Eye Witness Testimony

Direct Evidence is:

• Eye-witness testimony

• Circumstantial

• Forensics

• Facts

Which of the following are components of the cognitive interview?

• Reinstate the context

• Report everything

• Reverse the order

• Change the perspective

• Yes or no answers only

A way to improve EWT is to use...

• Standard police interview

• Cognitive interview

• Standard interview

• Ask a psychic

Eye witness testimony can be influenced by leading questions and new information.

• True

• False

Eyewitness testimony would be considered:

• Direct evidence

• Circumstantial evidence

An eye witness' testimony can be affected by...

• All of these

• Who else is around.

• How they felt that day.

• Religious views

What is the primary factor that can affect the accuracy of an eye witness testimony?

• Memory distortion

• Physical evidence

• DNA analysis

• Fingerprinting

Which scientific method is often used to assess the reliability of eye witness testimony?

• Cognitive interview

• Standard interview

• Forensic analysis

• DNA testing

Eye witness testimony is considered what type of evidence in a scientific context?

• Direct evidence

• Circumstantial evidence

• Physical evidence

• Biological evidence

Which of the following can improve the accuracy of eye witness testimony?

• Cognitive interview

• Leading questions

• Suggestive questioning

• Hypnosis