Exam 16: Social Psychology and the Law

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

To make lineups more accurate, why should police officers tell witnesses that the lineup may not include the suspect?

Stephen is a defense attorney.He always arranges his witnesses so that he can explain his clients' actions to create sympathetic schemas in the jurors' minds.Stephen's success rate reflects the benefits of presenting evidence in

Social psychological research has revealed a ________ relation between eyewitness confidence and accuracy.

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 eyewitness testimony.You have agreed to serve as an expert witness whose task is to educate the jury about the shortcomings of eyewitness testimony.What would you tell the court?

A defense attorney is choosing jurors.In order to help your client avoid a severe charge, what sort of jury would you select?

________ refers to the process by which people store some-but not all-information from the environment in memory.

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?

________ refers to the process by which people recall information stored in memory.

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

Jake, a convenience store cashier, was extremely afraid when he was held up at gunpoint.The robbery took several minutes, there was little distance between him and the robber, and the lighting was good.Why is it that Jake had trouble remembering details about the crime?

James was sitting outside at a café, leisurely watching pedestrians wander by, and trying to see how many people were walking dogs that morning.Based on research presented in your text, how likely would it be that James notices a mime walking down the street?

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 ________.

Julia's natural parents are Ethiopian, but she was raised by white parents in California.Chances are, she most easily recognizes

One explanation for own-race bias is that when people look at faces of their own race, they focus on the features that distinguish the face from the other faces in the group; when they look at faces of people of other races, they focus on the features that distinguish that race from other races.This distinction between how people view their own group and how they view other races is most reminiscent of

You come home from work and find pieces of broken glass on the floor.You realize that your favorite vase was broken.Immediately you blame your new puppy, without even noticing that your toddler's teddy bear is lying on the floor near the broken glass.The fact that you didn't see the teddy bear is probably due to

Christian, a Caucasian man, and Sung-Yee, a Korean man, are walking to their cars when an Asian man pulls out a knife and demands their wallets.In a lineup, Christian cannot tell which man is the one who attacked him, but Sung-Yee has no problem identifying the culprit.This is an example of

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

The introduction to Social Psychology and the Law tells a true story about Randall Adams, who was falsely convicted of murdering a police officer, and who languished on death row for twelve years until he finally won his freedom.This introduction was designed to illustrate

You remember learning in elementary school that Topeka is the capital of Kansas.However, you don't remember whether you learned that fact from your third grade teacher, Mr.Rodriguez, or your fourth grade teacher, Ms.Cesario.It seems you may be have problems with