Exam 16: Social Psychology and the Law

Researchers (Man & Hills, 2017; Wright & Stroud, 2002) have found effects similar to own-race bias for __________. .

Own-race bias may occur because when people look at same-race faces, they focus on __________, whereas when they look at different-race faces, they focus on __________.

Reconstructive memory is defined as the process __________.

Margo was frightened and confused when a robber appeared at the convenience store where she works. It seemed that the only thing she could see was the gun he had pointed right in her face. Later, when Margo serves as an eyewitness, she may not be reliable because of problems she had at the __________ stage of memory processing.

You have just read the section on recovered memories in your text. Based on your reading, what would you say to a psychotherapist who suspects that her client has repressed memories of prior sexual abuse?

__________, is when lawyers present witnesses in the sequence they think will have the greatest impact, even if this means that events are described out of order.

You have been arrested on the charge of felonious assault and have your choice of four lawyers, each of whom has a different style of presenting a case. Based on research findings presented in the text, which lawyer would you choose to represent you?

Which of the following is an error in eyewitness testimony that occurs in the storage phase of memory?

Which of the following techniques would a lawyer employ if she were using the story order method?

When a crime happens quickly and under poor viewing conditions, what stage of memory processing is most likely to be hindered?

Research presented in your text on the own-race bias has shown that in general, people are better at recognizing faces of people who __________.

Recall that Loftus and her colleagues (1978) showed participants a series of slides that depicted an automobile accident. Some participants saw a yield sign in the photos and other participants saw a stop sign. Later, participants were asked questions that contained information that either did or did not match what they had actually seen (i.e., a stop sign versus a yield sign). Results demonstrated that participants had more difficulty remembering what they had actually seen when __________.

While on the witness stand at a child neglect trial, Billy was asked several leading questions by a crafty attorney. This attorney managed to get Billy to report that he had remembered seeing his mother drunk on several occasions. After the trial, Billy remained convinced that his mother was an alcoholic even though this was never true. This is an example of __________.

If a single juror disagrees with the rest, what is likely to happen during deliberations?

The second stage of memory processing is storage. Identify the sources of error associated with this stage of processing and give an example of how each relates to eyewitness accuracy.

Describe why false confessions occur. If you knew that someone who was innocent was going to be questioned, what advice would you provide?

One key factor that determines how strongly someone is falling subject to own-race bias is __________.

Recovered memories are defined as the process __________.

You read a story in the news about a man who claims during therapy to have recovered previously repressed memories about molestation by his teacher when he was a young boy. The teacher denies the allegations vehemently. Based on information from your text on the recovered memory debate, what should you conclude?

According to the authors of your text, the process whereby people try to identify the source of their memories is the best definition of __________.