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ERIC Number: EJ993690
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Nov
Pages: 3
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ISSN: ISSN-0003-066X
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Cynthia J. Najdowski: Psi Chi/APA Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award
American Psychologist, v67 n8 p691-693 Nov 2012
Presents a short biography of the winner of the American Psychological Association's Psi Chi/APA Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award. The 2012 winner is Cynthia J. Najdowski for an outstanding research paper that examines how jurors' judgments are influenced by a juvenile defendant's confession and status as intellectually disabled. Through the use of a mock trial experiment, the research revealed that jurors discounted a juvenile's coerced confession and sometimes used intellectual disability as a mitigating factor. Attribution theory and the discounting principle were used to identify the psychological mechanisms underlying this effect. The paper, titled "Understanding Jurors' Judgments in Cases Involving Juvenile Defendants," was published in Psychology, Public Policy, and Law in October 2011 and was the basis for Najdowski's selection as the recipient of the 2012 Psi Chi/APA Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award. Bette L. Bottoms, PhD, served as faculty supervisor. Najdowski's Award citation and a selected bibliography are also presented.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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