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Olaye, Imafidon M. – 1986
A study focused on the effect of assigned social decision rule on the process and product of mock jury deliberations. Subjects, 360 college students, were randomly assigned to six-member juries under three decision rule conditions: unanimity, five-sixths majority, and two-thirds majority. After viewing a videotape of a criminal trial, each subject…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication Research, Court Litigation, Decision Making
McDowell, Earl E.; McDowell, Carlene E. – 1990
This study focused on verbal and nonverbal immediacy behaviors of teachers, the relationship between immediacy variables and cognitive learning, as well as homophily, interpersonal solidarity, and student attentiveness at the senior-high school level. Subjects, 87 female and 73 male senior-high school students enrolled in interpersonal…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Classroom Communication, Cognitive Processes, Communication Research