forensic psych quiz 2

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field studies

correlations

go into the environment and observe
simulations

artificial

create your own tiral

manipulate (find causation)
external validity
- generalized ability
- do the results generalize the real world??
internal validity

causal
general aproach
attitudes and traits

(bias {pro or anti defendent}
- legal attitudes questionaire
- juror bias scale
case specific approach

mock juror

statistical data
black sheep effect

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

jurors tendency to favor the defendant
arizona supreme court
- got approval to put video camera in jury room, the jurors knew, and it was anonymous
- stopped: may affect behavior
judges/juries agree/disagree

agree 78. C:64 A: 14

disagree judge C: 19 jury C: 3
when is trial consultant effective?

when there is ambiguity
jury deliberation

70% on evidence 20% on law
3 stages of juries

orientation

open conflict

reconciliation
orientation

elect a foreman, discuss procedures/ general issues
open conflict type

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

evidence driven: doesnt take preliminary vote, votes after discussing the evidence
juries must have at least __ people for non capital punishment cases

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