Exam 16: Social Psychology and the Law

Which of the following is out of place?

In social psychology, ________ refer(s) to recollections of a past traumatic event that are objectively false, but that people believe really occurred.

Austin is a social psychologist working for the police department.As he advises department detectives about procedures for a police lineup, what is he LEAST likely to advise?

In lineups, witnesses often chose 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.

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?

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 were LEAST accurate in remembering what they had actually seen when

According to the authors of your text, there are many factors that make eyewitness testimony inaccurate.One way to make the justice system fairer might be to require ________, as is the case in other countries.

Jeffrey is a returning student who is 40 years old.He sees a crime happen at the student center.Based on the own-race bias, Jeffrey will be most accurate in recognizing the culprit if the suspect is

According to the authors of your text, the most common cause of an innocent person being convicted of a crime is that the

What is the most likely source of the own-race bias?

It is possible that before eyewitnesses came forward to identify Randall Adams as the man who murdered a police officer, they had seen his face on television or in the newspaper.Because they saw Adams in the media, they might have come to believe that he was the man they saw on the road where the murder occurred.This is an example of

Recall that Schooler and Engstler-Schooler (1990) conducted an experiment in which participants viewed a film of a bank robbery.Immediately after the film, some participants wrote a detailed description of the robber, whereas others completed an unrelated task.Those participants who wrote a detailed description were later less accurate in picking the robber out of a photo lineup.According to Schooler and Engstler-Schooler, why would participants who first provided a written description be less accurate in their later identifications?

Lila explains to a police officer that she identified a suspect out of a lineup by taking her time, comparing their faces, and then using process of elimination.According to information from your text, Lila's identification