PSYCH230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Group Polarization
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Week 9: lecture 1 - the jury process. Juror characteristics and values: values can influence our judgement. Death-qualified jurors refers to the idea that if there is a case where the death penalty is a possible outcome, that you are required by circumstances to ensure that the jurors are willing to apply the death penalty. Therefore, everyone of the jury must believe that the death penalty is an option. Emotional triggering to describe the police officers as being scared and threatened. A strong belief that we are moral, right and can do not wrong and that we are the good guys. People are saying things to look like they are on one side.