TY - JOUR
AU1 - Wells, Gary L.
AU2 - Lindsay, R. C. L.
AU3 - Tousignant, J. P.
AB - A review is made of recent experimental research regarding how well human observers can judge the accuracy of eyewitness testimony. It is concluded that people: (a) may be overwilling to believe in the accuracy of eyewitnesses’ memory; (b) rely too heavily on the confidence of eyewitnesses in judging the validity of testimony; (c) fail to adequately account for witnessing conditions across crimes; and (d) cannot discriminate between accurate and inaccurate witnesses within crimes. New data are reported from an experiment designed to test the effects that expert psychological advice has on subject-jurors’ performance with regard to these four deficiencies. The results showed that expert advice served to eliminate the overbelief bias and greatly reduced subject-jurors’ reliance on the confidence of the witnesses. Expert advice did not improve the extent to which subject-jurors took account of the witnessing conditions across crimes nor their ability to discriminate between accurate and inaccurate witnesses within crimes.
TI - Effects of Expert Psychological Advice on Human Performance in Judging the Validity of Eyewitness Testimony
JF - Law and Human Behavior
DO - 10.1007/BF01040619
DA - 1980-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-psychological-association/effects-of-expert-psychological-advice-on-human-performance-in-judging-oIkfuHWahU
SP - 275
EP - 285
VL - 4
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -