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Neenaj26 Posted 22 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
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Explain how perceptual set can lead to errors in witnesses’ courtroom testimony.
Perceptual set mean that you base situations on your past experience or what is suspected.
If a witness had a bad experience previously in his life that was based on what they were testifying on it might affect the way the person feels about the person that is being accused. He might say a person guilty, which they might not be. Perceptual set can lead a person to believe something that is not true based on prior experiences. Say you see the news and it stated that Pit bulls are viscous dogs and they attack you for no known reason and they attacked a little boy. But really all dogs will attack you if you provoke them or it might even depend what mood the dog is in. Its just the way its stereo typed, so when you approach a pit bull or person that owns one you look at them like they have a vicious dog and why would the own such a pet but that’s how people perceive situations from prior experience or what they are taught, seen or experienced. We all have different perceptions on things that happen in every day life. Perceptual set comes from top down processing. So what you believe and hear will effect you reasoning with testifying in court if the case involved a the owners of pit bull and a German shepherd attacked another dog the would mainly blame the Pit bull because of the media and past experience people had with pit bulls. Even if all the evidence leads to the German Shepard some witness will probably lean toward the Pit bull being the attacker.
Perceptual set mean that you base situations on your past experience or what is suspected.
If a witness had a bad experience previously in his life that was based on what they were testifying on it might affect the way the person feels about the person that is being accused. He might say a person guilty, which they might not be. Perceptual set can lead a person to believe something that is not true based on prior experiences. Say you see the news and it stated that Pit bulls are viscous dogs and they attack you for no known reason and they attacked a little boy. But really all dogs will attack you if you provoke them or it might even depend what mood the dog is in. Its just the way its stereo typed, so when you approach a pit bull or person that owns one you look at them like they have a vicious dog and why would the own such a pet but that’s how people perceive situations from prior experience or what they are taught, seen or experienced. We all have different perceptions on things that happen in every day life. Perceptual set comes from top down processing. So what you believe and hear will effect you reasoning with testifying in court if the case involved a the owners of pit bull and a German shepherd attacked another dog the would mainly blame the Pit bull because of the media and past experience people had with pit bulls. Even if all the evidence leads to the German Shepard some witness will probably lean toward the Pit bull being the attacker.
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Neenaj26, You need to be more careful about switching from you to them to witnesss to person to you to someone to them to they and other pronouns. You need to be sure that they agree with the appropriate gender and with the number (singular versus plural). You need to be consistent throughout your message.
- Neenaj26, You need to be more careful about switching from you to them to witnesss to person to you to someone to them to they and other pronouns.
- You need to be sure that they agree with the appropriate gender and with the number (singular versus plural).
- You need to be consistent throughout your message.
- You also need to focus on what your topic is.
- " I think you need to look more carefullly at your own essay with a fresh set of eyes.
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Neenaj26,
You need to be more careful about switching from you to them to witnesss to person to you to someone to them to they and other pronouns. You need to be sure that they agree with the appropriate gender and with the number (singular versus plural). You need to be consistent throughout your message.
You also need to focus on what your topic is. Is your topic "Perce
You need to be more careful about switching from you to them to witnesss to person to you to someone to them to they and other pronouns. You need to be sure that they agree with the appropriate gender and with the number (singular versus plural). You need to be consistent throughout your message.
You also need to focus on what your topic is. Is your topic "Perce
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