Date of Award
2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Psychology
Committee Chair
Jeffrey S. Neuschatz
Committee Member
Aurora Torres
Committee Member
Sean Lane
Subject(s)
Witnesses--Psychology, Eyewitness identification, Criminals--Identification, Forensic psychology
Abstract
Clothing bias occurs during a showup when the clothing worn by the suspect matches the clothing of the culprit during a crime. The present study investigated whether a clothing match enhanced identification performance at varying levels of culprit facial view. Witnesses watched a mock-crime video and then made an identification decision from a showup. The results indicated that a clothing match led to an increase in correct and false identifications of the suspect, regardless of facial view. However, the presence of a clothing match did not enhance discriminability. Additionally, there was not a match by facial view interaction. Furthermore, there was not calibration of the confidence-accuracy relationship for match or view. The results are discussed in terms of the outshining hypothesis and the legal implications of showup procedures.
Recommended Citation
Le Grand, Alexis Marie, "An exploration of the impact of clothing match and opportunity to view on showup performance" (2020). Theses. 354.
https://louis.uah.edu/uah-theses/354