According to the cognitive-experiential self theory, how do jurors make decisions?
A. When people rely on analysis and logical arguments, they are using an experientially based system that is unconscious and effortless.
B. When people rely on emotion, intuition, or stereotypical thinking from past events, they are using a rationally based cognitive system that is active, deliberate, and effortful.
C. The experiential mode is the default mode of processing, and jurors will shift to cognitive processing only if the importance of careful analysis is stressed to them.
D. Jurors will revert from experiential processing to rational thinking when they are emotionally aroused or have to decipher complicated evidence.
Answer: C
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