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***Participants*** Participants will be (N = 39) undergraduate university students who are part of the undergraduate research participation scheme. They will receive course credit in exchange for participating in the 30 minute study. We will use Live Code software to conduct the study in a computer lab owned by one of the researchers. ***Materials and Procedure*** Participants will be told when they first see the study advertised on the undergraduate research participation scheme website that the study involves talking out loud after watching a witness’ testimony in an alleged rape case. When they start the study, participants will first read the Participant Information Sheet and then complete a consent form. After consenting, participants will be asked to provide their gender and age. Next, participants will receive some instructions that are unrelated to the aims of the current study. Participants will then be asked to imagine that they are a juror serving on a jury in a rape trial where they are about to hear evidence from Janine Jenker who has accused the defendant of raping her. They will then watch either the chronological or rape-first version of the video of Janine’s testimony depending on which condition they have been randomly allocated to (see “videos” in the attached materials). **Video of the victim’s testimony.** Participants will then watch the video of Janine’s testimony which is approximately 380 seconds in length. The information detailed in this video is consistent with the level of detail that rape victims are commonly asked to provide during their testimony (Burgin & Flynn, 2019). Furthermore, the case of alleged rape detailed in this video is similar to the cases that usually go to trial in Australia (i.e., the victim is acquainted with the defendant, the assault occurred inside a home, and the victim did not physically resist the assault; Millsteed & McDonald, 2017). Testimony order will be manipulated by the order in which the events described by Janine will be presented in the video. In this video, the prosecution’s lawyer calls Janine to the stand to testify. There, the lawyer asks Janine about the night of the alleged rape. In the chronological testimony, participants will hear how Janine went to a bar to have some drinks with a few of her friends. Janine then sees the defendant, an old work acquaintance, who later dances with her. They both then go to his apartment. At the apartment, both the defendant and Janine talk some more and eventually start kissing. The defendant then forces Janine back, takes off her clothes, and rapes her. Janine does not physically resist this assault, but she does tell the defendant that she wants to go home. In the testimony, where the rape event is presented first, participants will first hear Janine testify about the details of the alleged rape (from the point when the defendant forces her back). After this event, the lawyer will ask Janine to describe the events that occurred earlier in the evening. Janine will then discuss these events, with the video ending after she describes the defendant kissing her back at his apartment. **Verbal narrative measure.** After participants watch the video of the victim’s testimony, they will be asked to imagine that they are sitting with the other members of the jury and discussing whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty of committing rape. Participants will then be told that during this imaginary discussion, one of their fellow jurors has asked them to say what they think happened on the night Janine was allegedly raped by Neil. They will then be asked to say out loud what they think happened on the night of the alleged rape and how they think the events described by Janine unfolded. Participants’ responses to this task will be recorded using Live Code computer software. C**hoice of verdict and guilt likelihood measures.** After participants complete the verbal narrative measure, they will be given judicial instructions outlining the legal definitions of both rape and consent (see Sexual Offences Act, 2003). After reading the judicial instructions, participants will be asked to indicate whether they think the defendant is guilty or not guilty of rape. Participants were then be asked how likely it is that the defendant committed rape on a scale of 1 (not at all) to 7 (very) as a measure of guilt likelihood. **Manipulation check measure.** Participants will then be asked at what point during the video did Janine describe how the defendant forced her down and penetrated her on a scale of 1 (very early in the video) to 7 (very late in the video). This measure will assess the manipulation of testimony order. Participants will then be given the debrief sheet and asked if they have any questions about the study.
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