Thanks for posting the info so others can share this excellent piece of television. Those who use Dave Myers' Social Psychology text, and who have received its accompanying video, Social Connections, would have recognized the very same story (and same cast of characters) as in Dave's wonderful video. I taped the show last night, and will use it as a sequel when I show the text's video. It was nice to see an older, still crusading Jennifer Thompson, and an update on Ronald Cotton. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 1:12 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > The USA television programme "60 Minutes" had an interesting presentation > of the weakness of eyewitness testimony tonight, illustrated with a > dramatic and instructive (true) case in which a woman falsely identified > someone as her rapist. Elizabeth Loftus makes a brief appearance; the > heavy lifting is left up to Gary Wells. As is so often the case > nowadays, it took DNA to set things right. The piece ends with a most > unlikely friendship. > > http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/06/60minutes/main4848039.shtml > See the videos parts 1 and 2; and also a short featuring Loftus on Bugs > Bunny's visit to Disneyland. > > Stephen > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology, Emeritus > Bishop's University e-mail: [email protected] > 2600 College St. > Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 > Canada > > Subscribe to discussion list (TIPS) for the teaching of > psychology at http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > -- "We will not learn how to live in peace by killing each other's children." - Jimmy Carter "Are our children more precious than theirs?" --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
