Browsing UCO - Graduate Works and Theses by Degrees "M.A., Forensic Psychology"
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A test of Bayesian and story models on juror decision.
(2019)Juror decision-making involves the individual's evaluation of evidence in court.There are two major types of models: mathematical and explanation. Both models make specific, contrasting assumptions of juror decision-making, ... -
AMBER Alerts and their effectiveness.
(2015)Do AMBER Alert messages encourage people to become more face-vigilant? Face-vigilance was measured through a recognition task that instructed participants to search for discrepant faces in friendly, threatening, and neutral ... -
Confession rates : does persuasion resistance time reduce them?.
(2017)Confessions are given every day in criminal investigations across the country; countless are true confessions, but there are many false confessions as well. This study focused on participants' personality assessments and ... -
Crossing the blue line : law enforcement personality, coping, and stress over time.
(2018)162 police officers completed measures of personality, coping style, job stress, and attachment. Officers also provided information about their work experience including years of experience, past and current assignments, ... -
Gaming relationship to social psychology and micro-expressions.
(2016)With increasing popularity in society, gaming has become a common influence in most individuals' lives. Psychology as a field is generating a demand for research and a better understanding of how gaming has contributed to ... -
Nonconscious mimicry and its effect on rapport and recall.
(2018)Nonconscious mimicry is used to build rapport as well gain the liking of others, during first encounters and when there is a perceived threat to belonging or existing relationships. Mimicry can occur through verbal and ... -
Personality and situational correlates of false confessions.
(2014)Personality correlates, such as the need to belong, unstable self-esteem, and insecure-anxious attachment style may predict false confessions and internalization. Study 1 examined the influence of these personality correlates. ... -
Physiological measures of anti-social behavior within psychopathy.
(2016)The purpose of the current study was to utilize new physiological measures associated with psychopathy and criminal behavior. Research has demonstrated a link between psychopathy and criminal behavior (Douglas, Vincent, & ... -
Promoting eyewitness recall through sketching in the self-administered interview
(2022)The Cognitive Interview (CI) is a widely researched investigative method that promotes accurate and detailed recall from eyewitnesses. The Self-Administered Interview (SAI; Gabbert, 2009) is a booklet emulating the CI ... -
Subliminally primed social exclusion's effect on reaffiliation behaviors.
(2013)The need to belong is as innate as our need for food or water (Maslow, 1943). When that need is threatened, people strive to reaffiliate with desired ingroups. They may act in uncharacteristic ways, or purchase items they ... -
The influence of a biological explanation of psychopathy in the courtroom.
(2014)Psychopaths are a troubling population for the general public and criminal justice system. Psychopathic patterns of antisocial behavior appear early in life and remain present for life (Hare, 2003). Most psychopaths are ...