APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Testing Stereotype Threat Reduction in Mock Law Enforcement Interviews
- Sharon Kim
California State University Northridge - John Jawiche
California State University Northridge - Kimberly McGee
California State University Northridge - Catherine Grosz
California State University Northridge - Bar Gabay
California State University Northridge - Michael Rodriguez
California State University Northridge - Iris Blandón-Gitlin
California State University, Fullerton - Elise Fenn
California State University, Northridge
Abstract
An intervention to reduce stereotype threat, anxiety, and cognitive load experienced by innocent-truthful or guilty-lying Latino-a mock-crime suspects was examined. Participant-observers made truth-lie judgments (Experiment 2) of suspect interviews, half of whom received the intervention (Experiment 1). While the intervention was not successful, cultural differences in deceptive behaviors were observed.
Forensic/Criminal Justice
