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Views Of Criminals

Social Interaction 1

Running head: SOCIAL INTERACTION

The Effect of Social Interaction with a Felon and Non-Felon

Social Interaction 2
Abstract
Research of social perception has shown that peoples perceptions of others are due to the persons psychical appearance and background. A background such as being a convicted felon might effect the way that people perceive and interact with them in society. As part of an independent group design, 29 college students ( 5 men, 24 women) read two fictitious scenarios about comfortableness and social percpetions of felons and non-felons. Interestingly, the participants had a tendency to feel more comfortable with the scenarios that described a non felon. These findings suggest that felons have a harder time fitting into our society of social perceptions and biases.

Social Interaction 3
Method
Participants
The participants in the study were a convenience sample of 29 students (5 men, 24 women) from Fullerton......


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