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Martin F. Kaplan

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Martin Kaplan is Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus at Northern Illinois University and presently serves as Director of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at California State University, Channel Islands.

Professor Kaplan has research interests in small groups, social influence, and jury decision making. He is a member of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology and the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology, and he is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the American Psychology and Law Society.

Primary Interests:

  • Group Processes
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Law and Public Policy
  • Person Perception
  • Persuasion, Social Influence

Books:

  • Kaplan, M.F. & Martin, A.M. (Eds.).(2006) Understanding World Juries Through Psychological Research. New York: Psychology Press.

Journal Articles:

  • Jones, C. S. & Kaplan, M. F. (2003). The effects of racially stereotypic crimes on decision making and information processing strategies. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 25, 1-13.
  • Kaplan, M. F. & Martin, A. M. (1999). Effects of differential status of group members on process and outcome of deliberation. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 2, 347-364.
  • Kerr, N.L., Niedemeier, K.E., & Kaplan, M.F. (2000). On the virtues of assuming minimal differences in information processing in individuals and groups. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 3, 203-217.
  • Kerr, N. L., Niedemeier, K. E., & Kaplan, M. F. (1999). Bias in jurors vs. bias in juries: New evidence from the SDS perspective. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 80, 70-86.

Other Publications:

  • Kaplan, M.F.(in press) Juries. In Levine, J.M. & Hogg, M. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Group Processes and Intergroup Behavior. Sage
  • Kaplan, M.F.(in press) Normative Influence. In Levine, J.M. & Hogg, M. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Group Processes and Intergroup Behavior. Sage
  • Kaplan, M. F. (1999). Verdict-driven and evidence-driven juries. In W. F. Abbott & J. Batt (Eds.) A Handbook of jury research (Chapter 22). Philadelphia, PA: American Law Institute-American Bar Assoc.
  • Kaplan, M.F., & Martin, A.M. (2006) Introduction and overview. In Kaplan, M.F. & Martin, A.M. (Eds.). Understanding World Juries Through Psychological Research. (Pp. 1-8). New York: Psychology Press.
  • Kaplan, M.F., Martin, A.M., & Hertel, J. (2006). Issues and prospects in European juries: A general overview. In Kaplan, M.F. & Martin, A.M. (Eds.). Understanding World Juries Through Psychological Research. (Pp. 71-87). New York: Psychology Press.
  • Kaplan, M. F., & Wilke, H.A.M. (2001). Cognitive and social motivation in group decision making. In J.P. Forgas, K.D. Williams, & L. Wheeler (Eds.), The Social Mind: Cognitive and Motivational Aspects of Interpersonal Behavior (Pp.406-428). Cambridge UK: Cambridge Univ. Press.
  • Martin, A.M., & Kaplan, M.F. (2006). Psychosocial perspectives on the Spanish and Russian juries. In Kaplan, M.F. & Martin, A.M. (Eds.) Understanding World Juries Through Psychological Research. (Pp. 111-124). New York: Psychology Press
  • Wilke, H.A.M., & Kaplan, M.F. (2001). Task creativity and social creativity in decision-making groups. In C.M. Allwood & M. Selart (Eds.) Creative decision-making in the social world. (pp. 35-51) Sweden: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Martin F. Kaplan
Osher Institute, Sage Hall
California State University, Channel Islands
One University Drive
Camarillo, California 93012
United States of America

  • Phone: (805) 437-8583

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