Beyond Common Sense Psychological Science in the Courtroom

by Borgida, Eugene; Fiske, Susan T.

• ISBN13: 9781405145732
• ISBN10: 1405145730
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-11-28
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Psychological science challenges and sometimes contradicts common sense ideas about stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination, and other behavioral domains that intersect with legal processes such as eyewitness identification, repressed memories, polygraph testing, and affirmative action. Beyond Common Sense: Psychological Science in the Courtroom confronts the public 's often erroneous beliefs about human behavior in legal contexts like the courtroom. Featuring original chapters written by leading experts in psychological science, each chapter identifies areas of scientific agreement and disagreement and discusses how psychological science advances an understanding of human behavior beyond what is accessible by common sense and intuitive beliefs. The book concludes with commentaries written by leading social science and law scholars that discuss key legal and scientific themes and illustrate how psychological science is, or can be, used in the courts and in other policy contexts.

Author Biography

Eugene Borgida is Professor of Psychology and Law at the University of Minnesota and Morse-Alumni Distinguished Professor of Psychology. He is also co-author of the forthcoming book, The Political Psychology of Democratic Citizenship (with John L. Sullivan and Christopher Federico).

Susan T. Fiske is Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology at Princeton University. Her publications include Social Cognition: From Brains to Culture (with Shelley Taylor, 2008) and Social Beings: A Core Motives Approach to Social Psychology (2004).

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	p. ix
Foreword	p. xxi
Acknowledgments	p. xxvii
Introduction	p. xxix
Psychological Science on Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination	p. 1
Race, Crime, and Antidiscrimination	p. 3
Discrimination in America and Legal Strategies for Reducing It	p. 23
The Young Science of Prejudice Against Older Adults: Established Answers and Open Questions About Ageism	p. 45
Gender Prejudice: On the Risks of Occupying Incongruent Roles	p. 63
From the Laboratory to the Bench: Gender Stereotyping Research in the Courtroom	p. 83
(Un)common Knowledge: The Legal Viability of Sexual Harassment Research	p. 103
Subjectivity in the Appraisal Process: A Facilitator of Gender Bias in Work Settings	p. 127
Psychological Science on Legal System Processes	p. 157
Eyewitness Identification: Issues in Common Knowledge and Generalization	p. 159
Repressed and Recovered Memory	p. 177
Expert Testimony on the Psychology of Confessions: A Pyramidal Framework of the Relevant Science	p. 195
Polygraph Testing	p. 219
Social Science and the Evolving Standards of Death Penalty Law	p. 237
Pretrial Publicity: Effects, Remedies, and Judicial Knowledge	p. 261
Media Violence, Aggression, and Public Policy	p. 281
Commentaries	p. 301
The Limits of Science in the Courtroom	p. 303
Research on Eyewitness Testimony and False Confessions	p. 315
Commentary on Research Relevant to Sex Discrimination and Sexual Harassment	p. 327
The Tenuous Bridge Between Research and Reality: The Importance of Research Design in Inferences Regarding Work Behavior	p. 341
Psychological Contributions to Evaluating Witness Testimony	p. 353
Beyond Common-sense Understandings of Sex and Race Discrimination	p. 367
Behavioral Realism in Law: Reframing the Discussion About Social Science's Place in Antidiscrimination Law and Policy	p. 383
Index	p. 399
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