Cross‐examination of the expert witness: Do hostile tactics affect impressions of a simulated jury? | Zendy

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Cross‐examination of the expert witness: Do hostile tactics affect impressions of a simulated jury?

Author(s) -

Gibbs Margaret S.,

Sigal Janet,

Adams Bonnie,

Grossman Beth

Publication year - 1989

Publication title -

behavioral sciences and the law

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649

H-Index - 74

eISSN - 1099-0798

pISSN - 0735-3936

DOI - 10.1002/bsl.2370070211

Subject(s) - expert witness , witness , cross examination , jury , plaintiff , defense attorney , psychology , forensic psychology , affect (linguistics) , social psychology , applied psychology , law , clinical psychology , political science , communication

Ninety‐one introductory psychology students viewed a videotape of a simulated personal damage trial in which a psychologist expert witness testified about a plaintiff's psychological problems resulting from trauma. The defense attorney's cross‐examination tactics, employed against the expert witness, were varied in the videotape. A 2 × 2 factorial design was used, with leading versus nonleading questions and a hostile versus nonhostile attorney. An interaction effect was obtained, in which a hostile attorney using leading questions and a nonhostile attorney using nonleading questions were perceived as least effective.

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