Helping: 3) Situational Theories (cont.) - Other situational influences on helping: – Rural/Urban areas: – Culture: – Role modeling: – Attractiveness:

Increasing Helping Increasing helping among bystanders - Avoid the overjustification effect – – How to best motivate volunteers:

Ch 15: Social Psych in Court Part 1

Eyewitness Identifications Research on eyewitness memory – – Weighted heavily in trials, but how accurate? – One cause of wrongful conviction Recent cases w/DNA evidence overturning verdict Juries are influenced by eyewitnesses – Are confidence & accuracy correlated? – Discredited eyewitnesses? Loftus study -

Why might eyewitnesses be inaccurate? The case of Jennifer Thompson’s assault – Details of her case: – How did eyewitness memory come into play? – How did DNA testing come into play?