PSYC 215 Chapter appendixA: LAW NOTES.docx

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 215
• Professor: Michael Sullivan

Document Summary

Two approaches: pressure the suspect into submission with certainty guilt claiming to have damaging evidence such as fingerprints or an eyewitness accused believe it is futile to mount a defense, befriend the suspect, offer sympathy and friendly advice, and minimize the offence by offering face saving excuses or blaming the victim, false sense of security, expect leniency, the suspect caves in. The dynamics of deliberation: orientation: set an agenda, talk in open ended terms, raise questions, and explore the facts, opinion are revealed usually after the first vote is taken factions develop, open conflict: battle lines sharply drawn, discussion takes on a more focused, argumentative tone, scrutinize the evidence, construct stories to account for that evidence, and discuss the judge"s instructions, if they don"t reach a verdict holdouts through information and social pressure, reconciliation: if unanimity is achieved smooths over the conflicts and affirms its satisfaction with the outcome, otherwise its hung.