In this milestone, you will work from the topic, applied setting, and research questions you identified in Module Two and start identifying relevant research to support your final proposal.

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Milestone One Topic and Setting

Topic: Perception

Setting: Law

The area of cognitive psychology I will be investigating is the perception of law.

Statement 1: How does the court system distinguish between the understanding of criminal intent between children under seven and psychopaths?

Statement 2: What strategies do juries use to convict an individual(s) of a particular crime? Moreover, does groupthink contribute to a jury’s verdict?

Statement 3: How do lawyers perceive themselves when they contribute to a verdict of not guilty for an individual(s) who admits to their attorney they committed the crime after the verdict?