forensic psych quiz 2

correlations

go into the environment and observe 

artificial

create your own tiral

manipulate (find causation)    

• generalized ability
• do the results generalize the real world?? 

causal

attitudes and traits

(bias {pro or anti defendent}

• legal attitudes questionaire
• juror bias scale     

mock juror

statistical data 

tendency to give in group members greater rewards but also punish in group members more harshly

jurors tendency to favor the defendant

• got approval to put video camera in jury room, the jurors knew, and it was anonymous
• stopped: may affect behavior 

agree 78. C:64 A: 14

disagree  judge C: 19 jury C: 3 

when there is ambiguity     

70% on evidence 20% on law

orientation

open conflict

reconciliation   

elect a foreman, discuss procedures/ general issues 

verdict driven: take a vote at the beginning(commits everyone to their vote


evidence driven: doesnt take preliminary vote, votes after discussing the evidence 

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