PSY328H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Impulsivity, Nocturnal Enuresis, Psychopathy
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Jury set up: canadian jury system ahs 12 jurors, us has 6 jurors, 6 member juries are less representative, recall fewer aspects of the evidence, spend less time deliberating, less likely to declare themselves hung , because the smaller the jury, greater the pressure on a dissenting member to conform. R. v. parks (1993): partiality has two components: attitudinal: prejudice correct and accurate, behavioral: discrimination fit in the social group, presumption of impartiality: evidence with an open mind and decide the case fairly and impartially presumption that jurors will follow their oath to listen to the. Information you aren"t supposed to have and you are using for your decision making as juror: meta analysis: participants exposed to negative pretrial publicity were more likely to judge the accused guilty compared to those exposed to less or no negative ptp, strongest in cases that most parallel real court trials, kramer, kerr & carroll (1990): armed robbery trial.
