A Computer Simulation Model of Juror Decision Making

摘要

Pennington and Hastie's cognitive model of the juror's decision making process, the Story Model, re*cts recent attitudes of many cognitive scientists who see an increasing role for stories in human cognition. A computer model of their theory was developed through the use of artificial intelligence techniques. During the design process, the original theory was refined and expanded The resulting simulation reproduces some empirical evidence for the Story Model and provides support for the importance of stories in decision making. Copyright 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd