Regarding the behavior of jurors, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. A jury is less likely to convict a defendant wearing eyeglasses presumably because wearing eye glasses implies intelligence and the defendant wouldn't do anything as foolish as he or she was accused of
b. Most jurors tend to be swayed more by the expertise of the witness than the evidence she or he presents.
c. Pretrial publicity has not been shown to affect jury deliberations.
d. The more severe the crime and the more clear-cut the evidence, the less a jury's biases affect the verdict.
C
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a. life-cycle b. psychological c. sociocultural d. biological
Dr. Jones argues that higher levels of the brain inhibit aggressive impulses originating in lower levels of the brain. It is likely that Dr. Jones has been most directly influenced in her thinking by the work of
A. Santiago Ramón y Cajal. B. John Hughlings Jackson. C. Franz Josef Gall. D. Luigi Galvani.
Jacob recently was late to a meeting because of a traffic jam. Later that day, when his wife is late arriving home, Jacob is probably going to be ________, based on the idea of the hypocrisy induction
a. angrier b. harsher c. more easily frustrated d. forgiving
If ? = .6966, what is z?/2?
a. 1.31 b. 0.3482 c. 0.51 d. 0.39