6 research outputs found

    Role Playing and the Study of Jury Behavior

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    Widespread use of simulated trials and mock juries to study jury behavior has stimulated concern for the external validity ofsuch simulations. A study is reported which examined the role-playing nature of mock jury deliberation. Subjects were either given typical role-playing instructions, or were led to believe that they were deciding an actual student discipline case. The two conditions did not differ significantly on their group or individual verdicts, sentence recommendations, deliberation time, or estimated social decision schemes. The significance and limitations of these results for the study of jury behavior are discussed

    Phases in Group Development: The Negative Evidence

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    Evidence contrary to the widely held view that groups move through discernible developmental phases is analyzed in detail. Definitional issues relating to phases in group development and group types are considered. Reviews and thirteen studies (to 1981) cited by others as not supporting the existence of developmental trends are mterpreted in this context. Methodological and conceptual problems are noted. The negative evidence as such does not seem persuasive. It ts concluded that researchers\u27 attention should no longer be devoted to trying to provide a yes or no answer to the question Do groups change? but rather to identifying significant differences and similarities in group development among various groups and types of groups, and to relating variations in developmental processes to important group outcomes
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