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Martin Bourgeois

Martin Bourgeois

I am currently pursuing a line of research on how individual differences in reasoning ability affect the group process and outcome in jury decision making. I am also studying the effects of dynamic social impact on group-level outcomes in several studies.

Primary Interests:

  • Applied Social Psychology
  • Group Processes
  • Law and Public Policy
  • Persuasion, Social Influence

Journal Articles:

  • Bourgeois, M. J. (2002). Heritability of attitudes constrains dynamic social impact. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 1063-1072.
  • Bourgeois, M. J., Christman, S., & Horowitz, I. A. (1998). The role of hemispheric activation in person perception: Evidence for an attentional focus model. Brain and Cognition, 38, 202-220.
  • Bourgeois, M. J., Horowitz, I. A., & ForsterLee, L. (1993). The effects of technicality and access to trial transcripts on verdicts and information processing in a civil trial. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 19, 220-227.
  • Bourgeois, M. J., Horowitz, I. A., ForsterLee, L., & Grahe, J. (1995). Nominal and interactive juries: Effects of preinstruction and discussion on decisions and evidence recall in a complex trial. Journal of Applied Psychology, 80, 87-96.
  • ForsterLee, L., Horowitz, I. A., & Bourgeois, M. J. (1995). Effects of notetaking on verdicts and evidence processing in a civil trial. Law and Human Behavior, 18, 567-578.
  • ForsterLee, L., Horowitz, I. A., & Bourgeois, M. J. (1993). Juror competence in civil trials: The effects of preinstruction and evidence technicality. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78, 14-21.
  • Hoegh, D. G., & Bourgeois, M. J. (2002). Prelude and postlude to the self: Correlates of achieved identity. Youth and Society, 33(4), 573-594.
  • Horowitz, I. A., Bordens, K. S., Victor, E., Bourgeois, M. J., & ForsterLee, L. (2001). The effects of complexity on jurors' verdicts and construction of evidence. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86(4), 641-652.
  • Huguet, P., Latane, B., & Bourgeois, M. J. (1998). A social representation of human rights emerges from communication. European Journal of Social Psychology, 28, 831-846.
  • Latane, B., & Bourgeois, M. J. (1996). Experimental evidence for dynamic social impact: The formations of subcultures in electronic groups. Journal of Communication, 46, 35-47.
  • Sommer, K. L., Horowitz, I. A., & Bourgeois, M. J. (2001). When juries fail to comply with the law: Biased evidence processing in individual and group decision making. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 309-320.

Other Publications:

  • Latane, B., & Bourgeois, M. J. (2000). Dynamic social impact and the consolidation, clustering, correlation, and continuing diversity of culture. In R. S. Tindale & M. Hogg (Eds.) Handbook of social psychology volume 4: Group Processes. London: Blackwell.

Courses Taught:

  • Advanced Social Psychology
  • Graduate Statistics
  • Research Methods in Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Theories in Social Psychology

Martin Bourgeois
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Florida Gulf Coast University
Fort Myers, Florida 33965-6565
United States of America

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  • Home: (239) 878-7806

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