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| Samuel R SommersSummaryAffiliation: Tufts University Country: USA Publications
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On racial diversity and group decision making: identifying multiple effects of racial composition on jury deliberationsSamuel R Sommers
Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 90:597-612. 2006..The influence of jury selection questions extended previous findings that blatant racial issues at trial increase leniency toward a Black defendant...- Race-based judgments, race-neutral justifications: experimental examination of peremptory use and the Batson challenge procedureSamuel R Sommers
Department of Psychology, Tufts University, 490 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA 02155, USA
Law Hum Behav 31:261-73. 2007..The psychological processes underlying these tendencies are discussed, as are practical implications for the legal system... 
"Race salience" in juror decision-making: misconceptions, clarifications, and unanswered questionsSamuel R Sommers
Tufts University, 490 Boston Avenue, Department of Psychology, 490 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA 02155, USA
Behav Sci Law 27:599-609. 2009..The present article seeks to clarify this and other misconceptions regarding "race salience" and jury decision-making, identifying in the process avenues for future research on the biasing influence of defendant race...- Race and jury selection: psychological perspectives on the peremptory challenge debateSamuel R Sommers
Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
Am Psychol 63:527-39. 2008..The need for additional psychological investigation of race and jury selection is emphasized, and specific avenues for such research are identified... - Learning (not) to talk about race: when older children underperform in social categorizationEvan P Apfelbaum
Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
Dev Psychol 44:1513-8. 2008.... - Framing matters: contextual influences on interracial interaction outcomesLaura G Babbitt
Tufts University, Department of Psychology, Medford, MA 02155, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 37:1233-44. 2011..Taken together, these studies illustrate the importance of interaction context for the experiences of both Blacks and Whites... - Not so black and white: memory for ambiguous group membersKristin Pauker
Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02155, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 96:795-810. 2009..Thus, memory for biracial individuals seems to involve a flexible person construal process shaped by motivational factors... - Liberating effects of losing executive controlEvan P Apfelbaum
Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
Psychol Sci 20:139-43. 2009..Although executive capacity typically sustains optimal functioning, these results indicate that, in some cases, it also can obstruct positive outcomes, not to mention the potential for open dialogue regarding divisive social issues... - Seeing race and seeming racist? Evaluating strategic colorblindness in social interactionEvan P Apfelbaum
Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 95:918-32. 2008..Practical and theoretical implications for interracial interaction are considered... - Color blindness and interracial interaction: playing the political correctness gameMichael I Norton
Harvard Business School, Boston, MA 02163, USA
Psychol Sci 17:949-53. 2006..In addition, avoidance of race was associated with Whites making less eye contact with and appearing less friendly toward Black partners...