According to the authors of your text, the most common cause of an innocent person being convicted of a crime is that the

a. jury is stymied by groupthink.
b. police officers were prejudiced.
c. suspect looked as though he or she was lying.
d. eyewitness was incorrect.


Answer: D

Psychology

You might also like to view...

One of the best-known examples of classical conditioning in humans was the Little Albert study, conducted by __________.

A. Ivan Pavlov B. Sigmund Freud C. John B. Watson D. B. F. Skinner

Psychology

The Goldilocks principle refers to the finding that infants pay more attention to __________.

A. stimuli of low complexity B. loud stimuli C. stimuli of high complexity D. stimuli of moderate complexity

Psychology

Testosterone is produced by

a. testes, ovaries, and adrenal glands. c. testes only. b. testes and ovaries. d. ovaries only.

Psychology

Sample is to population as

a. part is to whole. b. large is to small. c. valid is to invalid. d. representative is to not representative.

Psychology