PSYCH 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Ultimate Attribution Error, In-Group Favoritism, Ingroups And Outgroups
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Our focus tends to be directed at the act or weapon, not the individual. When the witness is identifying an out-group member, he/she"s even more limited in their ability to detect differences in members of these groups. Note: this is because of exposure, not our actual race. Where things can go wrong in the eyewitness interview. Schemas that we embed into the experience. Elizabeth loftus" research on both distorted and false memories. Getting lost at a mall study - everyone said it shaped their personality. Source monitoring - our ability to determine where our memory came from. Regardless of the witness"s certainty, jurors are strongly swayed by an eyewitness. One student sat off to the side--student was presented in 3 different conditions. In 1st condition: student sat there for 12 seconds with low hat, slumped in chair. In 2nd condition: student sat there for 12 seconds with high hat, looked around.
