Police detectives often begin an interrogation with a belief that the suspect is guilty. This presumption of guilt can apparently influence the way a detective conducts the questioning. The danger here is that, under these conditions, the detectives will seek out information that verifies that belief and overlook information that does not fit. Suspects, in turn, act more defensively and are more
likely to look guilty. This process is referred to as
A. interrogation proper.
B. behavioral confirmation.
C. a preinterrogation "softening up" of the suspect.
D. the interrogator's arsenal.
B
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a. It focuses on changing the client's thoughts and feelings. b. It focuses on exploring the client's feelings. c. It helps clients see how their past conflicts affect their current behavior. d. It is relatively brief, typically lasting only weeks or months. e. It uses learning principles to help clients achieve a state of self-actualization.
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a. Xianming: "By practicing, we can strengthen the links between two concepts." b. Joan: "Working memory has a capacity that is potentially unlimited; learning basically increases the capacity of working memory." c. Tashica: "If many links are activated at the same time, each of these links is greatly strengthenedâ€"even more than if only one link is activated." d. Dan: "Through learning, our exemplars become increasingly strengthened."
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a. miscegenation c. sexual mixing b. the contact hypothesis d. transgroup sexuality