APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
A Direct Test of Absolute Vs. Relative Judgments in Lineup Decisions
- Mario Baldassari
University of Victoria - D. Stephen Lindsay
University of Victoria
Abstract
In a seminal paper, Wells (1984) proposed that eyewitnesses who mistakenly identify innocent suspects may have adopted a relative judgment strategy rather than the preferable absolute judgment strategy. We tested that hypothesis by instructing participant-witnesses to adopt one or the other strategy and collecting manipulation checks and lineup accuracy data.
Judgment and Decision Making
