The effect of a counterfactual mindset induction on jurors’ evaluations of eyewitness evidence

Authors

Presenter(s)

Alex Jordan Reynolds

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Description

We tested whether inducing participants to think counterfactually about a case involving eyewitness evidence would sensitize them to variation in eyewitness evidence quality. Participants read an abbreviated transcript of a murder trial in which the quality of witnessing and identification conditions was manipulated. A counterfactual mindset induction manipulation was embedded in the defense’s closing arguments. Participants rated eyewitness evidence as weaker, and voted guilty less frequently when the witnessing and identification conditions were poor. The predicted interaction effects did not emerge.

Publication Date

4-24-2019

Project Designation

Independent Research

Primary Advisor

Dario Norman Rodriguez

Primary Advisor's Department

Psychology

Keywords

Stander Symposium project

Recommended Citation

"The effect of a counterfactual mindset induction on jurors’ evaluations of eyewitness evidence" (2019). Stander Symposium Projects. 1443.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/stander_posters/1443