Browsing by Subject "Persuasion (Psychology)"

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Factors influencing juror decision-making in a mock jury trial : examining the role of need for cognition in primacy and recency effects

Saad, Karene S. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2003)

Two studies were conducted to examine influences on juror decision-making in a mock jury task. The order of presentation and strength of arguments for the prosecution and defense were manipulated to test for primacy and ...
The coalescent model of argumentation : an examination of its foundation and application

Veinotte, Amy M.,1980- (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2004)

This thesis explicates and evaluates the Coalescent Model of argumentation, as advanced by Michael A. Gilbert. The Coalescent Model represents a conception of argument which subscribes to the view that argument is a human ...

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