Research ReviewAfter reading the article, Shaping Jurors' Attitudes: Effects of Demanding Different Amounts of Damages in Personal Injury Trials, one might note the elements of research conducted throughout this study, focusing on the many strengths and weaknesses. The following research critique will discuss the fundamentals of the study, quality of validity and reliability, strengths and limitations, and future recommendations. Malouff and Schutte (1989) conducted their study to examine the relationship between the amount of money sought for damages in personal injury lawsuits and the amount of money awarded. After conducting a meta-analysis, they realized that researchers had already found a relationship between the extremity of a persuasive message and attitude change. What has not been studied is whether such a message could be applied to a specific situation such as personal injury trials. Therefore, Malouff and Schutte (1989) hypothesized that (a) at least on some levels, the simplest possible relationship exists between the amount requested and the amount awarded, namely that the more the lawyer requests for the injured person or the plaintiff, the more jurors would be granted, and (b) this relationship would be established regardless of the specific facts of a case, including the injuries sustained and the gender and ethnic group of the plaintiff. In other words, the amount that jurors would award depends on the amount requested by the injured party's lawyer. Therefore, the amount requested by the injured party's lawyer is the independent variable since it is the amount modified by the researcher and the dependent variable is the amount that the jurors would award. paper...they must be accepted with caution. However, the study can be replicated in order to prove or falsify the results. There are many ways to replicate and improve this study. First, using subjects who were real jurors may be beneficial in order to obtain a group that truly represents the population in question. It would also be a good idea to use long testimonials rather than summaries, as it is difficult to determine what should be removed and what might actually affect the test results if removed. Overall, the researchers were able to confirm their hypothesis and pave the way for further future research. References: Malouff, J. and Schutte, NS (1989). Shaping jurors' attitudes: Effects of demanding different damage amounts in personal injury trials. The Journal of Social Psychology, 129, 491-497.