Reaching a guilty verdict - studies

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1. What did Castellow find?

  • Child testified in front of the defendant - 51% guilty verdicts. Child testidfied behind a shield - 46% guilty verdicts. Child testified via video - 49% guilty verdicts.
  • Attractive defendant - 56% guilty verdicts. Attractive victim - 77% guilty verdicts.
  • 100% confidence - 67% guilty verdicts. 80% confidence - 60% guilty verdicts.
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2. Who researched the stages of decision making?

  • Hastie
  • Moscovici
  • Asch

3. Who researched the effects the majority influence?

  • Moscovici
  • Asch
  • Hastie

4. Who researched persuasion?

  • Cutler
  • Pennington and Hastie
  • Pickel

5. What did Pickel find?

  • No evidence introduced - 42% guilty verdicts, legal explanation given - 55% guilty verdicts and no legal explanation given - 43% guilty verdicts.
  • Story order gained 69% guilty verdicts. Witness order gained 47% guilty verdicts.
  • Higher percentage of guilty verdits were given when the WIC was good, descriptive EWT and 100% confidence of the witness was given.
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