Reference : Impression formation or prediction? Category fit and task influence forensic person m...

	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Social, industrial & organizational psychology Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Multidisciplinary, general & others
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/6766

Title :	Impression formation or prediction? Category fit and task influence forensic person memory.
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Glock, Sabine [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Languages, Culture, Media and Identities (LCMI) >]
	Kneer, Julia [Cologne University, Germany]
	Krolak-Schwerdt, Sabine [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Languages, Culture, Media and Identities (LCMI) >]
Publication date :	2011
Journal title :	Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice
Publisher :	Haworth Press
Volume :	11
Pages :	391-405
Peer reviewed :	Yes (verified by ORBilu)
Audience :	International
ISSN :	1522-8932
Keywords :	[en] forensic psychologists ; person memory ; prediction ; dual process models
Abstract :	[en] We experimentally investigated whether forensic psychologists differ from laymen in their use of heuristic and integrated information processing depending on the given task and category fit of information. Participants’ task was either forming an impression or predicting the development of a fictitious rapist and a fictitious robber-and-murderer. Case report recall was measured. Results showed that experts processed the rapist’s information heuristically when offender information fit the category and the task required impression formation. In contrast, laymen did not apply the offender categories and processed all the information using an integrated strategy. When predicting the development of an offender, forensic psychologists integrated all relevant information. The robber-and-murderer information was always processed using an integrated strategy. The practical relevance of the results is discussed.
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/6766
DOI :	10.1080/15228932.2011.588529
Other URL :	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15228932.2011.588529

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