Castellow

Question 1

what is the background for this study?

Answer 1

the halo effect

Question 2

what subsection is castellow apart of?

Answer 2

witness appeal

Question 3

what are the other studies involved in this subsection ?

Answer 3

castellow
ross
penrod and cutler

Question 4

what was castellow looking into?

Answer 4

the effects of attractive defendants on a jury verdict

Question 5

what was the aim of the study

Answer 5

to test the hypothesis that an attractive defendant is less likely to be found guilty
when the victim is attractive the defendant is more likely to be found guilty

Question 6

who were the p/s?

Answer 6

71 male and 74 female students that were promised extra credit in their introductory psychology

Question 7

what was the method and design?

Answer 7

lab

independent measure

Question 8

what was the procedure ?

Answer 8

the participants were told they would be reading a sexual harassment case and would have to answer questions on it

Question 9

what was the summary trial about?

Answer 9

a young secretary accused her boss of sexual harassment, then shown photos of the secretary and her boss

Question 10

what had happened to the photos?

Answer 10

they had been previously rated on attractiveness by an independent panel on a scale of 1-9 (9= very attractive 1=very unattractive)

Question 11

what were the four conditions?

Answer 11

1) attractive secretary with attractive boss
2) attractive secretary with unattractive boss
3) unattractive secretary with attractive boss
4) unattractive secretary with unattractive boss

Question 12

how was the dp measured?

Answer 12

by the answer to the question ‘do you think mr Radford is guilty of sexual harassment
then participants were asked to rate the victim on bipolar scales such as dull-exciting , nervous- calm , warm-cold

Question 13

what was the highest guilty verdict?

Answer 13

attractive secretary and unattractive boss

Question 14

what was the percentage of the guilty verdict?

Answer 14

83%

Question 15

what was the assumption for the high guilty verdict?

Answer 15

the mock-jurors thought it was normal that an ugly boss might have improper sexual feelings towards his attractive employee

Question 16

when was the guilty verdict less likely ?

Answer 16

female was unattractive and male boss attractive

Question 17

what was the assumption for the low verdict?

Answer 17

as the boss sexual attention seemed implausible and the poor secretary was making it up

Question 18

what was the percentage of the low verdict?

Answer 18

41%

Question 19

what did the ratings suggests?

Answer 19

that physically attractive defendants and victims were rated positively on other personality variables as well.

Question 20

what was the conclusion?

Answer 20

appearance does in fact have a powerful affect

Question 21

what is an evaluative point of this research?

Answer 21

the influence of attractive defendants varies depending on crime