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

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

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