Question 1

To minimize the effects of inadmissible testimony,Myers suggests that judges are best advised to

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A)  wait until jurors have heard the testimony before ruling it inadmissible,so jurors specifically know what they are to disregard.
B)  videotape the testimony and cut out the inadmissible parts.
C)  meet with jurors during their deliberations after the trial to insure that inadmissible testimony is not influencing their judgments.
D)  immediately follow the trial by seeking a verbal pledge from each juror to ignore inadmissible evidence.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 2

Research suggests that jurors in the minority will be most persuasive when they

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A)  change their position.
B)  are consistent and self-confident.
C)  are aggressive in their attitudes.
D)  are similar to the others.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 3

Which of the following is FALSE?

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A)  People may distort their own eyewitness recollections by adjusting their stories to suit their audiences.
B)  Trained psychologists can distinguish false memories from real memories.
C)  Witnesses are especially likely to incorporate misleading information into their memories when they believe the questioner to be well informed.
D)  Both adults and children may fall victim to the misinformation effect.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 4

Which is NOT true in relation to jurors in court?

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A)  Jurors are best persuaded when attorneys present evidence as a story of what happened.
B)  Many people don't understand the judicial instructions they are to follow.
C)  Jurors are reminded to avoid premature conclusions.
D)  Premature opinions of jurors don't influence how they interpret information.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 5

If convicted,_______ people strike people as more dangerous,especially if they are sexual offenders.

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A)  cute or baby-faced
B)  attractive
C)  unattractive
D)  underageE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 6

Which of the following is recommended for increasing eyewitness accuracy and lineups?

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A)  The detective should ask a series of yes-no questions rather than letting eyewitnesses offer unprompted recollections.
B)  Have eyewitnesses judge each suspect individually,indicating yes or no to each one.
C)  Ask eyewitnesses to carefully describe the suspect verbally before asking them to make a lineup choice.
D)  Provide eyewitnesses with feedback about the accuracy of their choices.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 7

Which of the following factors has been shown to influence either the likelihood of conviction or the severity of punishment?

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A)  poverty
B)  attractiveness
C)  similarity to the jurors
D)  both attractiveness and similarity to the jurorsE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 8

Research indicates that eyewitnesses who remember trivial details of a crime scene

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A)  also tend to overestimate the degree of harm or damage done as a result of the crime.
B)  also tend to be particularly suspicious of all unfamiliar faces.
C)  are less likely to have paid attention to the culprit's face.
D)  are more likely to have paid attention to the culprit's face.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

When Amato (1979) had Australian students read evidence concerning a left- or right-wing person accused of a politically motivated burglary,they judged him less guilty if

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A)  he claimed to have no religious preferences.
B)  his political views were similar to their own.
C)  he claimed he had been hired to commit the crime.
D)  he proved he had not profited by the burglary.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 10

Which of the following statements about eyewitness testimony is FALSE?

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A)  Eyewitnesses' certainty about what they have seen is closely related to their accuracy.
B)  Confident witnesses are more believable to jurors than those lacking confidence.
C)  Incorrect witnesses are virtually as confident as correct witnesses.
D)  Eyewitness testimony is powerful to juries.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 11

Research suggests that jurors in the minority will be most persuasive when they are all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  consistent.
B)  self-confident.
C)  persistent.
D)  well-educateD.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 12

How does the physical attractiveness of the defendant play a role in juror judgments?

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Question 13

The FBI includes the "cognitive interview" procedure in its training program.Describe this procedure and explain why it helps reduce error in eyewitness testimony.

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Question 14

Irene Blair and her colleagues (2004) reported that over a two-decade period,Black males convicted of murdering a White defendant were doubly likely to be sentenced to death if

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A)  the murder was violent.
B)  the jurors were inexperienced.
C)  the jurors were older.
D)  they had more stereotypically Afrocentric features.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

Joe is a defense attorney in case with one eyewitness for the prosecution.Joe's best chance of winning the case will come if he can

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A)  discredit the witness.
B)  discredit the witness and find another eyewitness to contradict him/her.
C)  argue that the evidence is circumstantial.
D)  find an expert witness that supports his side of the case.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 16

When presented with circumstantial evidence and no eyewitnesses to a robbery-murder case,Elizabeth Loftus found that 18% of her participants voted to convict the suspect.Presented with the same information plus one eyewitness,_____ of participants voted to convict.

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A)  50%
B)  68%
C)  72%
D)  93%E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 17

In Wells and Bradfield's study (1999) ,participants were asked if feedback from the experimenter had influenced their certainty regarding their identification of the gunman.What percentage of the participants denied any influence of the feedback?

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A)  100 percent
B)  75 percent
C)  58 percent
D)  10 percentE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 18

All of the following are good procedures to follow when dealing with the lineup process EXCEPT

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A)  make the witness give a "yes" or "no" judgment in response to a sequence of suspects.
B)  let the witness view suspects one at a time.
C)  police questions should be spontaneous,not scripted.
D)  don't let police say any confidence-inflating post-lineup comments.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 19

Stan was initially uncertain about the man he identified as the burglar in a police lineup.His confidence increased,however,after

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A)  learning that he was the only eyewitness in the case.
B)  being asked the same question repeatedly.
C)  viewing a thousand police mug shots.
D)  seeing the grainy,inconclusive security camera video.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 20

In the process known as the misinformation effect,individuals

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A)  give misleading testimony in court.
B)  receive wrong information about an event and then incorporate that information into their memory of the event.
C)  purposely give wrong information to police.
D)  fail to remember any information following a traumatic event.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Exam 15: Social Psychology in Court

To minimize the effects of inadmissible testimony,Myers suggests that judges are best advised to

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Research indicates that eyewitnesses who remember trivial details of a crime scene

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Which is NOT true in relation to jurors in court?

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If convicted,_______ people strike people as more dangerous,especially if they are sexual offenders.

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Which of the following is FALSE?

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Which of the following factors has been shown to influence either the likelihood of conviction or the severity of punishment?

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In the process known as the misinformation effect,individuals

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Research suggests that jurors in the minority will be most persuasive when they

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Joe is a defense attorney in case with one eyewitness for the prosecution.Joe's best chance of winning the case will come if he can

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Stan was initially uncertain about the man he identified as the burglar in a police lineup.His confidence increased,however,after

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Which of the following is recommended for increasing eyewitness accuracy and lineups?

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Irene Blair and her colleagues (2004) reported that over a two-decade period,Black males convicted of murdering a White defendant were doubly likely to be sentenced to death if

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When presented with circumstantial evidence and no eyewitnesses to a robbery-murder case,Elizabeth Loftus found that 18% of her participants voted to convict the suspect.Presented with the same information plus one eyewitness,_____ of participants voted to convict.

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In Wells and Bradfield's study (1999) ,participants were asked if feedback from the experimenter had influenced their certainty regarding their identification of the gunman.What percentage of the participants denied any influence of the feedback?

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All of the following are good procedures to follow when dealing with the lineup process EXCEPT

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How does the physical attractiveness of the defendant play a role in juror judgments?

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When Amato (1979) had Australian students read evidence concerning a left- or right-wing person accused of a politically motivated burglary,they judged him less guilty if

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The FBI includes the "cognitive interview" procedure in its training program.Describe this procedure and explain why it helps reduce error in eyewitness testimony.

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Which of the following statements about eyewitness testimony is FALSE?

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Research suggests that jurors in the minority will be most persuasive when they are all of the following EXCEPT

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