The results demonstrated that victim and
defendant emotionality was critical in determining case outcomes, which interacted with the processing style that participants utilized more.
= 383) asked to judge a «he said, she said» ambiguous case of sexual assault that varied according to both victim and
defendant emotionality (high / low).
In the current study, we investigated the relationship between psychopathic traits (high / low) and information processing modes (experiential vs. rational) in a group of mock jurors (N = 383) asked to judge a «he said, she said» ambiguous case of sexual assault that varied according to both victim and
defendant emotionality (high / low).
Not exact matches
Specifically, experiential processors were more punitive towards the
defendant when the
defendant displayed low levels of emotion relative to high
emotionality, whereas rational processors were slightly more punitive when high levels of emotion were being displayed.