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Stephen is a defense attorney. He always arranges his witnesses so that he can explain his clients' actions to create sympathetic schemas in the jurors' minds. Stephen's success rate reflects the benefits of presenting evidence in

A) logical order.
B) story order.
C) witness order.
D) order of credibility.

E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

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Question 32

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When jurors view a video of an interrogation, they are most likely to believe the suspect was coerced if they see

A) just the suspect's face.
B) just the interrogator's face.
C) both the interrogator's and suspect's faces.
D) nothing, but heard the complete audio recording.

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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Question 33

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Which of the following procedures would lead to more accurate identification in a lineup?

James was sitting outside at a café, leisurely watching pedestrians wander by, and trying to see how many people were walking dogs that morning. Based on research presented in your text, how likely would it be that James notices a mime walking down the street?

Which of the following is an error in eyewitness testimony that occurs in the storage phase of memory?

Despite the fact that dissenting jurors often adopt the majority point of view, unanimous verdicts are desirable because this requirement encourages jurors to consider the evidence more carefully and

The presence of a dissenting juror is desirable because they encourage other jurors to

When a witness chooses someone from a lineup because he or she looks the most like the suspect compared to the others in the lineup, the witness is exemplifying the ________ problem.

Based on evidence from a report by the National Research Council (2003) , the authors of your text report that polygraph results are accurate at detecting lies about ________ of the time.

There were two independent variables in the Loftus and colleagues (1978) experiment. What were they?

If a single juror disagrees with the rest, what is likely to happen during deliberations?

Kim witnessed a robbery that occurred over the course of an hour across a rather wide street at night. Which of the following is not a factor hindering Kim's acquisition of the event?

A defense attorney is choosing jurors. In order to help your client avoid a severe charge, what sort of jury would you select?

You are being held for questioning in a crime that you did not commit. The interrogation is going on for quite some time: what conditions would lead to any confession you make being seen as coerced?

You are an assistant district attorney trying to decide which suspect to try for a burglary case. Each of four eyewitnesses picked a different suspect from a photo lineup. Based on research conducted by Dunning and Stern (1994) , which eyewitness would you find most credible?

Joan has been seeing a therapist for several months. At one session, her therapist suggests that Joan's emotional difficulties may be due to sexual abuse as a child. Initially, Joan is unable to recall any such abuse. However, at a later session, she recalls an incident of abuse that she had suppressed for many years. Based on social-psychological research findings, Joan's claims should be

Jake, a convenience store cashier, was extremely afraid when he was held up at gunpoint. The robbery took several minutes, there was little distance between him and the robber, and the lighting was good. Why is it that Jake had trouble remembering details about the crime?

In social psychology, ________ refers to recollections of a past traumatic event that are objectively false, but that people believe really occurred.

Research has shown that typical law officers (those not identified as particularly outstanding investigators) are ________ college students at determining when witnesses are lying.

The introduction to Social Psychology and the Law tells a true story about Randall Adams, who was falsely convicted of murdering a police officer, and who languished on death row for twelve years until he finally won his freedom. This introduction was designed to illustrate