Presentation Type
Poster
Full Name of Faculty Mentor
Skye Woestehoff, Psychology
Major
Psychology
Presentation Abstract
Confirmation bias is the phenomenon in which individuals seek and interpret information that confirms their existing beliefs. Police investigators can experience confirmation bias in the form of a guilt bias. This occurs when Investigators believe a suspect is guilty and seek evidence that confirms the suspect is guilty. The present study investigated the factors that may influence confirmation bias such as years of investigator experience and eye-witness confirmatory evidence.
Location
Virtual Poster Session 1
Start Date
21-4-2021 12:00 PM
End Date
21-4-2021 2:00 PM
Recommended Citation
Greenhalgh, Bridget, "Confirmation Bias in Police Decision Making" (2021). Undergraduate Research Competition. 86.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/ugrc/2021/fullconference/86
Confirmation Bias in Police Decision Making
Virtual Poster Session 1
Confirmation bias is the phenomenon in which individuals seek and interpret information that confirms their existing beliefs. Police investigators can experience confirmation bias in the form of a guilt bias. This occurs when Investigators believe a suspect is guilty and seek evidence that confirms the suspect is guilty. The present study investigated the factors that may influence confirmation bias such as years of investigator experience and eye-witness confirmatory evidence.