Pennington Flashcards
what subsection is Pennington part of ?
persuading a jury
what other studies are in this subsection?
Pennington
pickle
hosch
what did Pennington look into
order effects on a jurors verdicts
what was the aim of Pennington research?
to examine whether there is a primacy effect or recency effect in relation to eye witness testimony (previous research suggests recenecy effects the jury decision more)
what did the sample include ?
192 undergraduate students (96 males and females) all eligible for jury service
what trail did Pennington set up?
mock rape trials
what was the dependant variable ?
the varied order of the presentations
what was the control?
that all participants were exposed to the same material but in different orders
what happened in the first condition?
the defence came out first , followed by immediately by prosecution
what happened in the following conditions?
had large intervals between prosecutions and defence
what happened in the first condition results ?
the defence case tended to win , known as the primacy effect- the importance of the first piece of information
what happened in the conditions that contained the large intervals?
the prosecution won more times, known as the recency effect where the last piece of information is more influential
what is the design?
experimental design with independent measures
what is an negative evaluation of this research?
lacks ev because it isn’t how real jurors come to their verdict in an actual jury
what is a positive evaluation of this research?
high control - lab experiment
