PSYC 317 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Free Recall, Suggestibility, Death-Qualified Jury
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Why: omit and add stuff, forget faster. Leippe et al 1991: event: being touched, groups: 5-6 year olds, 9-10 year olds, adults, questions: free recall, specific (did he touch you on the cheek, recognition: subject lineups. Data: free recall: young children were likely to give incomplete reports, specific: more likely to give inaccurate reports. Conclusion: young children compared to older children and adults, report less in free recall questions, more likely to make errors when asked specific questions, and more likely to identify the wrong person when the target is not present. What condition lead to reliable or unreliable statements: suggestibility by interviewers and police officers, suggestibility from attorneys during trial. Does the scientific research support stereotypes of jurors: similarity leniency hypothesis, similarity produces leniency only when evidence is inconclusive and similar jurors outnumber dissimilar jurors, similarity may cause jurors to be more harsh in defendant judgement.
