UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING THE PSYCHOLOGY OF JURY DECISIONS
UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING THE PSYCHOLOGY OF JURY DECISIONS Trial lawyers need to understand the basic principles of psychology that are involved in jury decision-making. Professor Victoria Finkelstein, J.D. A member of the faculty at Willington University published an article about some of the basic psychological factors involved in our decision-making as human beings that are fundamental. Here are some examples we need to understand in our jury trials. Primacy Effect The first information people receive on an issue tends to…