PSYCH253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Voir Dire, Group Polarization, Central Park Jogger Case
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Direct evidence (eyewitness testimony) vs. indirect evidence (circumstantial evidence) Study: eyewitness identification: after seeing a video of a crime, eyewitnesses (cid:498)see(cid:499) markedly different traits. Look at things like: formation of the line, biased instructions can influence testimony. Often pick out wrong person in lineup: line-up procedures, had a line up with either the culprit present or the culprit absent, also gave unbiased instructions (reminding them that the person may not be in the. It happens mostly with children but it can happen in adults as well. Study: making people believe they did something they didn"t do. Happens in the real world too (cid:498)central park jogger case(cid:499) something wrong will confess to this confederate that they pressed a button that crashed the computer system. Reid hastie argued that jurists construct a narrative he couldn"t fathom someone not wanting to have sex with him so he had sex with the woman even though she didn"t want to.
