Abstract
Subjects who were assigned to twelve juries by ego level and sex attended a law school reenactment of a rape trial. Following testimony, the juries deliberated the case separately and rendered verdicts. Deliberations were audiotaped and interactional style was analyzed. Differences in style and problems encountered during deliberation were found to be related to psychological characteristics (i.e., ego level, trait anxiety, and authoritarianism) and to sex.
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