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The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 137 - Four Psychological Concepts Behind Witness Testimony Errors
The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 137 - Four Psychological Concepts Behind Witness Testimony Errors
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Length:
16 minutes
Released:
Oct 10, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Dr. Steve Wood describes four psychological concepts that help to explain why some witnesses make mistakes in their testimony performance:
1) Yerkes-Dodson Law suggests there is a relationship between performance and arousal. Increased arousal can help improve performance, but only up to a certain point. At the point when arousal becomes excessive, performance diminishes.
2) The Dunning-Kruger effect is a type of cognitive bias in which people believe they are smarter and more capable than they actually are. Essentially, low-ability people do not possess the skills needed to recognize their own incompetence.
3) Evaluation apprehension is a human tendency to try to look better or the fear of being evaluated. This creates a lot of anxiety because of their concern about how they are perceived by others who are watching them and their performance.
4) "Thin-slicing" refers to the ability of our subconscious to find patterns in situations and behavior based on very narrow slices of experience or information.
Watch the video of this episode: https://www.courtroomsciences.com/r/EdX
1) Yerkes-Dodson Law suggests there is a relationship between performance and arousal. Increased arousal can help improve performance, but only up to a certain point. At the point when arousal becomes excessive, performance diminishes.
2) The Dunning-Kruger effect is a type of cognitive bias in which people believe they are smarter and more capable than they actually are. Essentially, low-ability people do not possess the skills needed to recognize their own incompetence.
3) Evaluation apprehension is a human tendency to try to look better or the fear of being evaluated. This creates a lot of anxiety because of their concern about how they are perceived by others who are watching them and their performance.
4) "Thin-slicing" refers to the ability of our subconscious to find patterns in situations and behavior based on very narrow slices of experience or information.
Watch the video of this episode: https://www.courtroomsciences.com/r/EdX
Released:
Oct 10, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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