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Presentation Type
Presentation
Full Name of Faculty Mentor
Terry Pettijohn, Psychology
Major
Psychology
Presentation Abstract
With Coronavirus sweeping the entire world, changes to daily life were made like never before. Everything down the way people think and make decisions has been impacted. When individuals are faced with troubling times, such as this ongoing pandemic, the terror management theory suggests that people will hold on tight to their core beliefs and valued ideologies. It was hypothesized that individuals who are death-focused would render more punitive sentencing judgements than individuals who are life-focused. Through this study, using various surveys and articles, data was collected and interpreted to understand the connection between being life or death-focused and criminal sentencing decisions. This study did not reveal any significant results.
Location
Room 3 (BRTH 114)
Start Date
13-4-2022 2:30 PM
End Date
13-4-2022 2:50 PM
Disciplines
Psychology
Recommended Citation
Graveline, Jaclyn, "The Effect of Life and Death Regarding COVID-19 on Criminal Sentencing Judgements" (2022). Undergraduate Research Competition. 32.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/ugrc/2022/fullconference/32
The Effect of Life and Death Regarding COVID-19 on Criminal Sentencing Judgements
Room 3 (BRTH 114)
With Coronavirus sweeping the entire world, changes to daily life were made like never before. Everything down the way people think and make decisions has been impacted. When individuals are faced with troubling times, such as this ongoing pandemic, the terror management theory suggests that people will hold on tight to their core beliefs and valued ideologies. It was hypothesized that individuals who are death-focused would render more punitive sentencing judgements than individuals who are life-focused. Through this study, using various surveys and articles, data was collected and interpreted to understand the connection between being life or death-focused and criminal sentencing decisions. This study did not reveal any significant results.