Browsing Masters Theses by Author "Konopasky, Robert James, 1945-"

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Adding a numerical description to civil standard of proof jury instructions : probabilistic evidence still defies correct liability assignment

McKinlay, John Alexander (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)

Responses from 67 law students were obtained using an online study that presented a mock civil jury trial. Each participant was asked to determine liability. The study explores whether more correct assignment of liability ...
Empathy and self-interest

Sutherland, Deborah Lynn (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1998)

Empathy is narrowly defined in this study as a situationally induced response comprised of experiences which parallel the feelings and thoughts of another person, and is distinguished as different from, but not unrelated ...
Mock jurors made mistakes assigning liability even though the civil standard of proof and the evidence were clear and precise : mock jurors set aside the standard of proof

Lariviere, Krystal Lea (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2015)

The standard of proof in Canadian civil litigation is: If it is “more likely than not”, or, at least 51% likely the defendant caused the plaintiff damage, the defendant is liable (Kaheiro & Stanton, 1985, p. 160; Redmayne, ...
Night driving : three simulated car headlight parameters as static distance cues to oncoming vehicles

Fortier, Danielle (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1988)

Many motor vehicle accidents involve a driver's misperceiving the distance to another vehicle. As headlight configurations are not standardized, drivers are confronted with headlights differing in size, separation distance, ...
Stress, stress factors, and self-report measures : clarification of power, a new factor

Wheeler, Patricia J. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1988)

The Check List of Arousal and Stress (CLAS) has been developed as an alternate form of the Stress Arousal Check List (SACL). Both offer assessment of two independent mood factors, stress and arousal, one employing adjectives ...
The measurement of stress, arousal and power : alternate and expanded versions of the Stress Arousal Check List

McGovern, Jo Anne (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1987)

The Stress Arousal Check List (SACL) a 30-item adjective check list developed through factor analytical studies (Mackay, Cox, Burrows and Lazzerini, 1978), offers assessments of two independent mood factors, stress and ...
The stress, power, environment, arousal checklist (SPEAC) : a three model measurement of stress

Purvis, Greg (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1991)

This study introduces a test which offers measures of stress as a stimulus (environment), stress as a response (arousal), and stress as an interaction between stimulus and response (power). It also offers a "summary scale" ...