reaching a verdict- witness appeal

witness appeal

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  • Created on: 11-06-10 09:08
'what is beautiful is good' this theory was made by..?
dion
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the halo effect theory was proposed by who?
asch
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Castellow carried out a lab experiment to find out the physical attractiveness on jury verdicts. Castellow's 1st hypothesis stated that...
an attractive defendant is less likely to be seen as guilty
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secondly...
when the victime is attractive, the defendant would be found more guilty
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who were castellow's ppts?
71 males 74 females
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the design used was..
independent measures
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what did ppts have to do?
read a sexual harassment case, answer questions and reach a verdict for the defendant
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when the defendant was attractive,, guilty verdicts were found..
12%
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when the victim was attractive, the guilty verdict of the defendant was...
55%
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therefore when appearing in court, a defendant would be best adviced to..
make the best of their appearance
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their ppts were undergraduates. what did they have to do?
watch a videotape of a robbery
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penrod and cutler investigated the effect of witness confidence of eyewitness evidence. what methodology and design was used?
experiment, independent measures
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what did witness confidence show?
statistically significant effect
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was evidence in this field consistent?
yes
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Question 8 & 10 are wrongly selected, as the defendant was found guilty 56% when attractive and 77% when victim was attractive

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