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4. PSYCHOLOGY + THE COURTROOM Flashcards

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What factors influence Jury’s version

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Attractiveness of suspect
Techniques of lawyer
Previous convictions

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Witness Confidence:
Penrod + Cutler
Aim

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Does witness confidence affect jury decision?

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Penrod + Cutler

Method

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Mock trial

Lab

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Penrod + Cutler

Design

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Independent

Varying levels of confidence

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Penrod + Cutler

Sample

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Undergraduates
People eligible for jury service
Experience of jury

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Penrod + Cutler

Procedure

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Watched video trial of robbery
Eye witness had key role
Witness= either 80 or 100% confident

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Penrod + Cutler

Results

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Witness confidence only variable that altered guilty verdict
100% confidence= increases guilty verdict

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What do findings from Penrod + Cutler suggest

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Witness confidence affects jury decision- confident = believed

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Pros of Penrod + Cutler

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Lab study- standardised
Controlled
Representative sample- increased population validity= generalisable

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Cons of Penrod + Cutler

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Reduced ecological validit, aware its a mock trial
Demand characteristics- reduced through independent
No qualitative data

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Attractiveness of defendant + plaintiff (victim)
Castellow et al
Aim

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Does attractiveness affect jury decision

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Castellow

Method

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Mock trial

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Castellow

Design

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Independent

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Castellow

Procedure

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Mock jurors read trial summary of male employers sexual harassment
Shown photos of defendant (employer) and plaintiff (victim)
Secretary + boss= attractive
Sec= att, boss= unatt
Sec= unatt, boss= att
Sec + boss= unatt

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Castellow

Results

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More guilty verdict if attractive secretary/ ugly boss= 83%

41% guilty verdict for unatt sec/att boss

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What do findings from Castellow suggest

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Juries make judgement based on appearance

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Attractiveness
Dion et al
Attributional bias

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Beautiful= good, good looking people have personality to match

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Dion

Halo effect

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If a person displays one good characteristic they will have others too

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Attractiveness
Signal + Ostrove
Aim

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Attractiveness of defendant on jury’s decision depends in type of crime

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Signal + Ostrove

Sample

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120 college students

Males + females (defendant)

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Signal + Ostrove

Method

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Mock trial

Lab

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Signal + Ostrove

Procedure

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IV- type of crime, burglary or fraud
Attractive, unattractive or physical appearance not mentioned= control group
Asked to recommend punishment (sentence length)

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Signal + Ostrove

Design

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Independent

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Signal + Ostrove

Results

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Attractive people seem to be treated more leniently, as pjerceived as less dangerous 
//jury condemn defendant if beauty takes advantage (e.g. fraud)
Fraud- att= 5.45, unatt= 4.35, control= 4.35
Burglary- att= 2.8, unatt= 5..2, control= 5.1
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Research into Jury decision making
Majority influence
Asch
Aim

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Will a person give a wrong answer in the face of an obviously correct answer just because others do

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Asch

Sample

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123 make college students

Paid $3

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Asch

Procedure

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Told it was a study on perception 
DECEIVED 
Tested in groups of 7-9
Shown 2 cards
-standard line
-3 lines of varying lengths
Task- match standard line ti another line 
Apart from P, everyone else told to give wrong answer
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Asch

Results

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32% of subjects conformed to the group

Reduced to 5% if a stooge gives right answer

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What do finds from Asch suggest

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Some people are willing to conform rather than stick to their own opinion

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Useful applications from Asch

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Jurors should vote in isolation/by secret ballot

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Minority influence

Moscovici

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Slide show of different colours, confederate says green when it’d actually blue

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What do findings from Moscovici suggest

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Consistent minority can affect the judgement made by majority

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Psychological reasons behind Moscovici’s research

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  1. disrupts majority norm + produces uncertainty + doubt 2. conveys existence of alternatives
  2. demonstrates certainty and an unshakeable commitment to particular point of view
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Key research
Accents + context on guilty perception
Dixon
Aim

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Predicted the Birmingham accent suspect would receive a higher rating of guilt than standard British accented suspect
Race or type would make a difference?

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Dixon

Sample

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119 white students (mostly female)
Uni of Worcester
People who grew up I Birmingham were excluded

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Dixon Method

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Independent, lab

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Dixon

Procedure

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3 IVs- accent, race, crime type
Armed robbery or cheque fraud
1. 2 min recorded convo, based on transcripts of interview from Brum station (1995)
2. standard accented student in 40s= investigator
3. suspect (20s) Brum or standard accent
4. on tape- pleaded innocence
5. race manipulated by officers description of suspects
6. besides from IVs procedure stayed the same

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Dixon

Results

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Significant effect of accent attribution of guilt
Brummie= higher
Brummie, black + armed robbery= increased guilt

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What do findings from Dixon suggest

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Written statements

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Pros of Dixon

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Increased control 
Standardised 
Reduced DC (independent)
Quantitative data 
Useful applications- don't speak
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Cons of Dixon

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Reduced ecological validity (no consequences)
Reduced population validity
Reduced qualitative data
Lab= DC?

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Is Dixons research is socially sensitive

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Highlighted stereotypes + bias
Excluded people from research
Useful applications

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Dixons research isn’t socially sensitive

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Counterbalance + educate jurors
Exclude bias
Depends how we implement info

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Application
Strategies to influence jury decision making
Story telling in court
Story order=

A

Lawyers present evidence in the sequence the events occurred

45
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Witness order

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Lawyers present witnesses in order they think will most influence the juror (best till last)

46
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Pennington + Hastie
Order of testimony
Aim

A

Are jurors more easily persuaded by story or witness order

47
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Pennington + Hastie

Method

A

Mock murder trial

48
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Pennington + Hastie

Design

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Independent

49
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Pennington + Hastie

Sample

A

130 Chicago uni students (paid)

50
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Pennington + Hastie

Procedure

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Lawyers varied order of evidence across 4 conditions:

  1. both story
  2. both witness
  3. defence (story), prosecutes (witness)
  4. defence (witness), prosecutor (story)
51
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Pennington + Hastie

Results

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Defences used story order= 31% guilty verdict

Prosecution used story order= 78% guilty verdict

52
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What do findings from Pennington + Hastie suggest

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All lawyers should use story order because it is easier for jurors to understand the case

53
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Pennington + Hastie

Pros of methodology

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Standardised (replicable)
Controlled (C+E)
Quantitative data

54
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Pennington + Hastie

Cons of methodology

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Lacks ecological validity (can’t generalise)
DC- independent= reduced, being paid
No qualitative data
Unethical

55
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Pennington + Hastie

Pros of research

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Useful applications- story order

No order effects- independent

56
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Pennington + Hastier

Cons of research

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Low population validity (students)

Cant generalise to other cases- e.g. robbery

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Application
Expert witness
Cutler
Aim

A

Can expert witness influence a jury

58
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Cutler

Method

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Mock murder trial

59
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Cutler

Design

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Independent

60
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Cutler

Sample

A

538 undergraduate psych students

Expert informed student jurors about what makes a good/bad witness

61
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Cutler

‘good’ witness

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Offender not disguised

Offender does not have weapon

62
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Cutler

‘bad’ witness

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Wearing mask

Has weapon

63
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Cutler

Results

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When WIC are good= more guilty verdicts- increased more when expert witness explains why WIC are good
Jurors rated themselves more confident after listening to expert

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What do findings from Cutler suggest

A

Expert witnesses should be used by lawyers to persuade jurors + increase their confidence in their verdict

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