PSYC 2400 Lecture : Forensic Class 5.odt
29 Mar 2012
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Negative and positive pretrial publicity affect juror memory and decision making. Examine effect of pretrial publicity (ptp) on jurors" verdicts, memory, and perceptions of defendant perceptions of defendant s"s credibility. More guilty verdicts and higher guilt ratings. More more misattribution of source of misattribution of source of negative negative ptp info to trial. Fewer guilty verdicts and lower guilt ratings. More misattribution of source of positive ptp info to trial: delay from trial info to verdict. Delay combined with ptp will lead to more misattribution of source of ptp info 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. Trial stimuli: videotape of real criminal trial. New jersey v. bias (1992: defendant pled not guilty to killing his wife. Prior research and pilot testing indicate trial was ambiguous as to guilty.
