Audience-Congruent Biases in Eyewitness Memory and Judgment Influences of a Co-Witness' Liking for a Suspect
Audience-Congruent Biases in Eyewitness Memory and Judgment Influences of a Co-Witness' Liking for a Suspect
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DOI：
10.1027/1864-9335.40.3.138
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发表时间：
2009-01-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Memon, Amina
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作者：
Kopietz, Rene;Echterhoff, Gerald;Memon, Amina
在关于目击者偏向记忆的研究中，关于目击事件的偏向信息通常是详细和具体的。我们调查了全球偏见信息的影响，例如共同证人对嫌疑人的印象。学生参与者观看了一段描述酒吧斗殴的视频，其中涉及一名男性目标人物。在向一个普通的同学复述了这一事件后，参与者在记忆和判断上表现出与观众一致的偏见：他们记住了关于目标的更多负面信息，认为他更负责任，并给予他更长的惩罚。当参与者对事件产生共同看法的动机较低时(观众是来自不同研究领域的学生)，没有发现这样的影响。
In studies on biased eyewitness memory, the biasing information about the witnessed event is typically detailed and specific. We investigated the influence of global biasing information, such as a co-witness' impression of a suspect. Student participants watched a video depicting a bar-brawl involving a male target person. After retelling the incident to a generic fellow student who presumably disliked (vs. liked) the target person, participants exhibited audience-congruent biases in memory and judgment: They remembered more negative information about the target, believed he was more responsible, and assigned him longer penalties. No such effects were found when participants were less motivated to create a shared view about the incident (with the audience being a student from a different study field).