AUTHORITARIANISM AND RECALL OF EVIDENCE ABOUT CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR

• NCJ Number: 29299
• Journal: Journal of Research in Personality Volume: 9 Dated: (1975) Pages: 147-157
• Author(s): K S BERG; N VIDMAR
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 11 pages
• Corporate Author: Academic Press, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS STUDY CONFIRMED A HYPOTHESIS THAT PEOPLE WHO SCORED HIGH ON AUTHORITARIAN TESTS WOULD RECALL MORE EVIDENCE RELATING TO DEFENDANT CHARACTER AND LOW SCORERS WOULD RECALL MORE ABOUT SITUATIONAL EVIDENCE.

Abstract

DATA WERE GATHERED FROM TWO JURY-SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS.