Self-study
Researchers investigating the accuracy of eyewitness accounts staged and made a video of a crime, and showed it to test subjects. █ ██████ ██ ███████████ ████ ██ ████ ███ ███ ██████ ███████ ███ ████████ ██ ███ ██████ ███ ████ █████ ██ ███ █████████ ████ ███ ████████ ████ ███ ████ ████ ███ ███████ █████ ███ ██ ██ ███ ███████ ██ ███████ ██ ████ █████████████ ███ ██ ███████ ██ ███ ███████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ███ █████████ ████ ██ ███████ ██ ███ ████████ ████ ██████████████████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ███ ███████ █████ ███ ██ ██ ███ ███████
Summary
Researchers showed test subjects a video of a staged crime. A lineup of “suspects” was then shown to the test subjects. The person playing the criminal in the video was not in this lineup.
When the test subjects were not told that the suspect may not be in the lineup, most of them misidentified a person in the lineup as the suspect. When the test subjects were told that the suspect may not be in the lineup, less than half of them misidentified a person in the lineup as the criminal.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
When people expect to see someone in a lineup, they are more likely to think they see that person, even if the person is not actually present.
Analysis by AlexandraNash
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