Alexander D. Perry

Alexander D. Perry
Iowa State University | ISU

Master of Science

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Introduction
Alexander D. Perry received his B.A in Psychology & Interdisciplinary Studies from Florida International University (2020) and his M.S in Experimental Psychology from Nova Southeastern University (2022). His graduate thesis examined the relationship between mock-jurors’ moral values and their conviction decisions. His research interests include the role of morality and social-cognitive biases in investigate interviewing, deception detection and legal decision-making contexts.

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Evaluating other people's moral character is a crucial social cognitive task. However, the cognitive processes by which people seek out, prioritize, and integrate multiple pieces of character‐relevant information have not been studied empirically. The first aim of this research was to examine which character traits are considered most important whe...
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The book begins by overviewing the timeline of the pandemic and how it affected life, followed by a discussion of the ethics and legal aspects of the pandemic. It then discusses behaviors during the pandemic (e.g., social distancing, protesting) before discussing experiences during the pandemic (e.g., prejudice, well-being, stress, joblessness, fam...
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There are many factors that influence jurors' conviction decisions. Using the Model of Moral Motives and Moral Foundations Theory, this study examines one understudied factor that may influence conviction decisions: jurors' moral values. Participants were presented with two different murder trial case summaries (guilty vs. innocent defendant) and w...

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