Are eyewitness's reliable

Are Eyewitnesses Reliable?























Michael D. Wells


















Research Report
Psychology 123 Scientific Thinking and Design
Instructor: Dr. Hantula
11-19-03

Abstract

The present study investigated the effect that eyewitnesses (or no eyewitness) had on jurors. Participants read a crime and chose their guilt belief based on 1-7 scale. The ¡§unrefuted eyewitness¡¨ received the most guilt belief, ¡§discredited eyewitness¡¨ received moderate guilt belief, and ¡§no eyewitness¡¨ received little guilt belief. The experiment coincided with past experiments.





























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