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unusualness hypothesis of weapon focus: a standalone construct

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Legal psychology

the explanation that a weapon draws a witness's attention because it is unexpected in the setting, rather than only because it is threatening.

In legal psychology, unusualness hypothesis of weapon focus refers to the explanation that a weapon draws a witness's attention because it is unexpected in the setting, rather than only because it is threatening. This meaning comes from Pickel (1998) in Memory.[1]

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References

Pickel, K. L. (1998). Unusualness and Threat as Possible Causes of "Weapon Focus". Memory, 6(3), 277-295. https://doi.org/10.1080/741942361

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