Doctoral Dissertation Research: Determinant of Construal Formations and Influences on Verdict and Sentencing: An Affect Control Model

小行星9400811 这是一个奖项下的赠款为改善博士论文研究计划。 这是一项关于情绪表现如何影响个体对模糊信息的排序的研究 来评估社会状况 将进行社会心理学实验，观察员将观看录像带中的演员描绘被指控的罪犯及其罪行的受害者。 通过改变行为者陈述的情绪基调，将评估实验对象如何评估犯罪情况的性质并建议判决和判决的差异。 以前的尝试，以验证情感控制理论在实验情况下一直相对不成功。 该项目将对该理论的预测进行更严格的测试。 此外，这项研究应该回答有关陪审团成员如何解决模棱两可的问题， 刑事审判中的决定。 除了 该奖项将在物质上帮助一个非常有前途的学生完成博士研究。论文 因此，它有助于国家未来的科学人才和下一代社会科学家的全面培训。 ***

9400811 Smith-Lovin This is an award under the Grants for Improving Doctoral Dissertation Research program. It is a study of how emotional displays affect how individuals construe ambiguous information in order to assess a social situation. Social psychological experiments will be conducted in which observers will view actors on videotape portraying alleged criminals and victims of their crimes. By varying the emotional tone of the statements of the actors, differences in how experimental subjects assess the nature of the criminal situation and recommend verdicts and sentences will be assessed. Previous attempts to verify affect control theory in experimental situations have been relatively unsuccessful. This project will subject predictions of that theory to more rigorous tests. In addition, this research should answer important questions about how members of juries resolve ambiguities and reach decisions in criminal trials. In addition to the scientific gains to be achieved by the research, this award will materially assist a highly promising student in completing research for the Ph. D. dissertation. Thus it contributes to the future scientific manpower of the nation and the thorough training of the next generation of social scientists. ***