Differences in the comprehensibility of testimony : a comparative study of magistrate's credibility judgements, witnesses' ethnicity and court role

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dc.contributor.advisorFoster, Donen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorVan Zyl Smit, Dirken_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHansson, Desirée Sen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-15T07:12:26Z
dc.date.available2016-02-15T07:12:26Z
dc.date.issued1985en_ZA
dc.descriptionBIbliography: pages 203-215.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractOnly limited research has been undertaken regarding the effects of extralegal variables on the verdicts of lower courts. Bennett and Feldman (1981) have demonstrated that the well-formedness of the semantic structure of testimony determines its credibility. It has been shown that the comprehensibility of narrative discourse (testimony) is a reliable indicator of its well-formedness (Thorndyke, 1977). This study aims to explore the relationships between comprehensibility (well-formedness) as a dependent variable, and magistrates' credibility judgements, the ethnicity of witnesses and their court roles as independent variables. Simple three way Anovas constituted the bulk of the statistical analyses.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationHansson, D. S. (1985). <i>Differences in the comprehensibility of testimony : a comparative study of magistrate's credibility judgements, witnesses' ethnicity and court role</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17018en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHansson, Desirée S. <i>"Differences in the comprehensibility of testimony : a comparative study of magistrate's credibility judgements, witnesses' ethnicity and court role."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17018en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHansson, D. 1985. Differences in the comprehensibility of testimony : a comparative study of magistrate's credibility judgements, witnesses' ethnicity and court role. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Hansson, Desirée S AB - Only limited research has been undertaken regarding the effects of extralegal variables on the verdicts of lower courts. Bennett and Feldman (1981) have demonstrated that the well-formedness of the semantic structure of testimony determines its credibility. It has been shown that the comprehensibility of narrative discourse (testimony) is a reliable indicator of its well-formedness (Thorndyke, 1977). This study aims to explore the relationships between comprehensibility (well-formedness) as a dependent variable, and magistrates' credibility judgements, the ethnicity of witnesses and their court roles as independent variables. Simple three way Anovas constituted the bulk of the statistical analyses. DA - 1985 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1985 T1 - Differences in the comprehensibility of testimony : a comparative study of magistrate's credibility judgements, witnesses' ethnicity and court role TI - Differences in the comprehensibility of testimony : a comparative study of magistrate's credibility judgements, witnesses' ethnicity and court role UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17018 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/17018
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHansson DS. Differences in the comprehensibility of testimony : a comparative study of magistrate's credibility judgements, witnesses' ethnicity and court role. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1985 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17018en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPsychologyen_ZA
dc.titleDifferences in the comprehensibility of testimony : a comparative study of magistrate's credibility judgements, witnesses' ethnicity and court roleen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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