Question

1. elaborate - making the connection (20 minutes)

answer the following in pairs or groups:

1. what do the card trick, basketball game, and door study teach us about human memory and attention?
2. why might eyewitness testimony alone be unreliable?
3. what kind of forensic (circumstantial) evidence could support or replace eyewitness accounts?

Explanation:

1. The card trick, basketball game, and door study can highlight limitations of attention and memory. For example, inattentional blindness can occur during these activities, showing how we may miss important details, and our memory can be influenced by what we focus on.
2. Eyewitness testimony can be unreliable due to factors like memory decay over time, suggestibility (being influenced by others or leading - questions), and the emotional state of the witness at the time of the event.
3. Forensic circumstantial evidence such as fingerprints, DNA samples, surveillance footage, and physical objects at the scene can support or replace eyewitness accounts as they are objective and less prone to the biases and inaccuracies of human memory.

Answer:

1. They show limitations of attention and memory like inattentional blindness and memory's focus - dependence.
2. Due to memory decay, suggestibility, and emotional state.
3. Fingerprints, DNA samples, surveillance footage, physical objects.