Copyright (c) 2009 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/christian_meissner Recent documents in Christian A. Meissner, Ph.D. en-us Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:31:06 PST 3600 http://works.bepress.com/christian_meissner/52 http://works.bepress.com/christian_meissner/52 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:55:20 PDT Christian A. Meissner Interrogations & Confessions http://works.bepress.com/christian_meissner/51 http://works.bepress.com/christian_meissner/51 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:37:01 PDT Known as the cross-race effect (CRE), psychological research has consistently shown that people are less accurate at identifying faces of another, less familiar race. While the CRE has most often been demonstrated in recognition memory, its effects have also been found in temporally preceding social-cognitive stages - including racial categorization, perceptual discrimination, and higher-level cognitive processing. Using path models of own- and other-race face processing, the current study sought to estimate how temporally preceding processes might mediate the CRE established in recognition memory. Results demonstrated that racial categorization and higher-level cognitive processes primarily mediate the CRE in recognition memory, and that the degree of interracial contact moderated the incidence of repetition errors on other-race faces. Kyle J. Susa Cross-Race Effect http://works.bepress.com/christian_meissner/50 http://works.bepress.com/christian_meissner/50 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:41:28 PDT Roy S. Malpass Eyewitness Identification http://works.bepress.com/christian_meissner/49 http://works.bepress.com/christian_meissner/49 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:38:19 PDT The current research examined whether the cross-race effect (CRE) was evident in perceptual identification tasks and the extent to which certain boundary conditions moderated the effect. Across two experiments, a significant CRE was observed in measures of accuracy and response latency. As predicted, Experiment 1 showed that the CRE was exacerbated when encoding time was brief and test set size was increased. Experiment 2 replicated the effect of set size, but also showed that the CRE was more pronounced when the retention interval was lengthened. The theoretical and practical implications of the results are discussed. Jessica L. Marcon Cross-Race Effect http://works.bepress.com/christian_meissner/48 http://works.bepress.com/christian_meissner/48 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:22:42 PDT The discovery of many cases of wrongful conviction in the criminal justice system involving admissions from innocent suspects has led psychologists to examine the factors contributing to false confessions. However, little systematic research has assessed the processes underlying Human Intelligence (HUMINT) interrogations relating to military and intelligence operations. The current article examines the similarities and differences between interrogations in criminal and HUMINT settings, and discusses the extent to which the current empirical literature can be applied to criminal and/or HUMINT interrogations. Finally, areas of future research are considered in light of the need for improving HUMINT interrogation. Christian A. Meissner Interrogations & Confessions http://works.bepress.com/christian_meissner/47 http://works.bepress.com/christian_meissner/47 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:19:03 PDT Two studies examined the role of processing style (intuitive vs. deliberative processing) in a deception detection task. In the first experiment, a thin slicing manipulation was used to demonstrate that intuitive processing can lead to more accurate judgments of deception when compared with traditional deliberative forms of processing. In the second experiment, participants who engaged in a secondary (concurrent) task performed more accurately in a deception detection task than participants who were asked to provide a verbal rationale for each decision and those in a control condition. Overall, the results converge to suggest that intuitive processing can significantly improve deception detection performance. Justin S. Albrechtsen Deception Detection http://works.bepress.com/christian_meissner/46 http://works.bepress.com/christian_meissner/46 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:58:31 PDT Christian A. Meissner Interrogations & Confessions http://works.bepress.com/christian_meissner/45 http://works.bepress.com/christian_meissner/45 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:49:58 PDT The current research examined the contributions of recollection vs. familiarity in memory for own- and other-race faces. Experiment 1 used a repetition lag paradigm (Jennings & Jacoby, 1997) to demonstrate the typical cross-race effect with respect to discrimination accuracy and response bias. Participants were also more likely to commit the 'repetition error' by falsely recognizing repeated other-race faces. Experiment 2 used process-dissociation equations to estimate differences in recollection and familiarity. As predicted, results showed a greater reliance on recollection-based processing for own-race faces. The theoretical and practical implications of these finding are discussed. Jessica L. Marcon Cross-Race Effect http://works.bepress.com/christian_meissner/44 http://works.bepress.com/christian_meissner/44 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:00:00 PDT G Daniel Lassiter Interrogations & Confessions http://works.bepress.com/christian_meissner/43 http://works.bepress.com/christian_meissner/43 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:55:35 PDT G Daniel Lassiter Interrogations & Confessions