The role of control in a tragic accident : does degree of control that bystander eyewitness have affects accuracy of eyewitness memory?

• Main Author: Ng, Hui Qi.
• Other Authors: Michael Donald Patterson
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20609
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Eyewitnesses' testimonies differ in content as people perceive and encode the same event differently depending on the role played during the event. The type of information perceived by the eyewitness may depend on his or her role during the occurrence of the tragedy. This study examines whether...