Estimating the Validity of the Guilty Knowledge Test from Simulated Experiments: The External Validity of Mock Crime Studies

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 261-269

  Carmel, David ^a   Dayan, Eran ^a   Naveh, Ayelet ^a   Raveh, Ori ^a   Ben Shakhar, Gershon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GUILT; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CRIME; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GUILT; HUMANS; LIE DETECTION; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0347622587     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.9.4.261     Document Type: Article

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