Ch 12: Social Psych and Law Part 2: Apr. 24, 2012
Interrogations & Confessions Impact of social influence Leading questions, fatigue, stress may lead to false confessions Focus on suspect vs. larger context – may lead to FAE
What promotes false confessions? Compliance Internalization
Juries in Action How do they process info? Jury biases: Impact bias Story order vs. witness order – what is better supported? Jury biases: Impact bias What is it? Research from lab experiments?
Jury deliberations Bothwell’s study – Students & prospective jurors read harassment case Prejudice demonstrated? Individual judgments vs. mock trial?
Criticisms of Jury Research What are criticisms of social psy research on juries? What has been the researchers’ response?