Martin Bourgeois

     
Institution
Florida Gulf Coast University

Current Position
Associate Professor and Psychology Program Leader

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Social Psychology from University of Toledo, 1995

Research Interests
Applied Social Psychology
Group Processes
Persuasion/Social Influence
Psychology and Law

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
U.S.A.

Home Page
Phone: (239) 590-7540

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.


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. (in press). Prelude and postlude to the self: Correlates of achieved identity. Youth and Society.
  • Horowitz, I. A., Bordens, K. S., Victor, E., Bourgeois, M. J., & ForsterLee, L. (in press). The effects of complexity on jurors' verdicts and construction of evidence. Journal of Applied Psychology.
  • 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.

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