Ch 12: Social Psych & Law Part 1: Nov. 29, 2010
Juries Use of intuition vs. scientific jury selection Death Qualified Juries How are these juries used? Ellsworth’s research on support of the death penalty:
Interrogations & Confessions Impact of social influence What promotes false confessions? Compliance Internalization
Eyewitness Memory The case of Jennifer Thompson’s assault Research on memory: 3 important stages 1) Acquisition Impact of stress on memory acquisition Social perception & the unexpected - Impact of weapons Impact of race Own-race bias:
2) Storage: Impact of time Loaded questions & the misinformation effect: Loftus’ research: What is the misinformation effect? What is ‘source monitoring error’? Children’s memories & storage -
3) Retrieval – Lineup format: Gary Wells’ research on lineups: How to best construct lineups? Similarity of lineup to witness description – Sequential or simultaneous lineups? Use of composite face programs to generate sketches -
Retrieval (cont.) Impact of instructions are given to the eyewitness: How does a cognitive interview work? Would it affect retrieval?