Exam 15: Social Psychology in Action 3

In lineups,witnesses often choose the person who most resembles the image they have stored in memory.This can yield inaccurate identifications and suggests that the _______ stage of memory is affected by the typical lineup procedure.

The introduction to Applied Module 3 (Social Psychology and the Law)tells a true story about Thomas Sophonow,who was falsely convicted of murdering a 16-year-old girl,and who waited in agony for more than 18 years before police reached the conclusion that he was not the killer.This introduction was designed to illustrate

How effective are polygraph tests in detecting deception? Are people able to tell when someone is lying or telling the truth?

Because minority opinions seldom hold sway in jury deliberations and verdicts,it might be argued that juries are "stacked" and that unanimous verdicts are meaningless.Perhaps we should simply have jurors take a vote when the trial is over.What would a social psychologist say?

You are a social psychologist contacted by a defense attorney who is convinced that her client is innocent of assault.The prosecution's case rests heavily on the testimony of a confident eyewitness.You have agreed to serve as an expert witness whose task it is to educate the jury about the shortcomings of eyewitness testimony.What would you tell the court?

According to the authors,accurate eyewitness identification results from successful completion of these three stages:

Ironically,a few scientific studies have revealed that swift imposition of the death penalty is associated with an increase in murders.The authors speculate that this finding may not seem so bizarre if one considers

Stephen is a defense attorney.He always arranges his witnesses so that he can tell a clear narrative to the jury.Stephen's high success rate reflects the benefits of presenting evidence in

Keep in mind experimental research on eyewitness accuracy conducted by Dunning and Stern (1994)and Schooler and Engstler-Schooler (1990).Now assume that you are a juror in a robbery trial.All things being equal,of which of the following eyewitnesses should you be most skeptical?

You have been arrested and charged with assault and have your choice of four lawyers,each of whom has a different style of presenting a case.Based on research findings by Nancy Pennington and Reid Hastie (1988),which lawyer would you choose to represent you?

Rod Lindsay and his colleagues (1981)staged a calculator theft witnessed by students.These students were videotaped as they were questioned about their eyewitness identifications and the videotapes were later viewed by students playing the role of jurors.These researchers found that the student jurors

The results reported by Yarmey and colleagues (2001)when examining the accuracy of witnesses' identification of unfamiliar voices found a(n)

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

It is possible that eyewitnesses who identified Thomas Sophonow as the man who murdered Barbara Stoppel were familiar with his face because it happened to resemble the police sketch or because they had seen him in earlier trials.Because they were familiar with his face,eyewitnesses might have come to believe that he was the man who was seen near the scene of the crime.This is an example of

The problem with recovered memories is that

________ occurs when someone remembers a past traumatic event that is objectively false but is believed to be true by the individual.

Four people have just observed a suspect deny that she committed a theft.Which observer is most likely to detect whether the suspect is lying?

Lawyers who present their case in witness order present witnesses

_______ involve attempts to improve the accuracy of eyewitnesses' memories by focusing their attention on the details and context of the crime event.

Four men have been indicted for stealing $20,000 from a bank.After the trial,the jury will be most likely to convict