Witness Appeal

Keystudy1:Castellow et al-the effects of physical attractiveness on jury verdicts

Aim:

to test the hypotheses:

1.Attractive defendants are less likely to be seen as guilty

2.Attractive victims cause the defendant to be more likely to be found guilty

Procedure:

• 71male and 74 female students from East Carolina university.
• laboratory experiment
• independant measures design (attractive or unattractive)
• all ps…