When jurors are exposed during the trial to a new piece of evidence, they tend to distort their evaluation of that evidence in a direction that supports their current verdict choice. What is this tendency called?
A. evidentiary distortion
B. current-to-future distortion
C. verdict predisposition
D. predecisional distortion
D
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
There are two types of sex hormones: male hormones called ________ and female hormones called ________
A) androgens, estrogens B) estrogens, androgens C) testosterone, androgens D) estradiol, estrogens
Which of the following is a condition that can occur if a grieving individual experiences depression-like symptoms, such as loss of appetite, for more than two months following the loss of a loved one?
A) Borderline personality disorder B) Geriatric dysthymia C) Complicated grief D) Post-traumatic stress disorder
A spinal reflex differs from a normal sensory and motor reaction in that
A) a spinal reflex occurs only in response to extremely stressful stimuli B) in a spinal reflex, the spine moves the muscles in response as soon as the sensory information reaches the spine while usually the impulse must reach the brain before a response C) in a normal sensory/motor reaction, the spine transmits information through afferent nerve fibers, while reflex reactions are transmitted along special efferent nerves D) spinal reflexes are part of the central nervous system response, while normal sensory/motor reactions are part of the peripheral nervous system E) spinal reflexes occur only in animals because humans are born without instinctual responses