PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Robert Pickton, Paul Bernardo, Likert Scale

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2400
• Professor: Kevin Nunes

Document Summary

Exposure to negative pre-trial publicity increases guilty verdicts. E. g. , paul bernardo, robert pickton: pre-trial publicity, possible remedies. Research methods: post-trial interviews, archives, simulation, field studies. Purpose: examine effect of pre-trial publicity (ptp) on jurors" verdicts, memory, and perceptions of defendant"s credibility. More guilty verdicts and higher guilt ratings. More misattribution of source of negative ptp info to trial. Fewer guilty verdicts and lower guilt ratings. More misattribution of source of positive ptp info to trial: negative ptp, positive ptp, delay from trial info to verdict. Delay combined with ptp will lead to more misattribution of source of ptp info to trial (ptp x delay interaction) 3 (ptp: negative, positive, or no ptp) x 2 (length of delay: immediate vs. 2-day) between subjects design. New jersey v. bias (1992: videotape of real criminal trial, defendant pled not guilty to killing his wife, prior research and pilot testing indicate trial was ambiguous as to guilt.