This study examined how manipulations of likeability and knowledge affected mock jurors’ perceptions of female and male expert witness credibility (N=290). Our findings extend the person perception literature by demonstrating how warmth and competence overlap with existing conceptions of likeability and credibility in the psycholegal domain.
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- Neal, Tess M.S. (Author)
- Guadagno, Rosanna E. (Author)
- Eno, Cassie A. (Author)
- Brodsky, Stanley L. (Author)
- Digital object identifier: http://www.jaapl.org/content/40/4/488.full
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Neal, T.M.S., Guadagno, R.E., Eno, C.A., & Brodsky, S.L. (2012). Warmth and competence on the witness stand: Implications for credibility of male and female expert witnesses. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 40, 488-497.