As deliberation begins, nine jurors think that the defendant is guilty. At first, the three jurors who think otherwise are resistant to changing their minds, but after hearing what the others have to say, they are genuinely persuaded and decide to vote guilty. The factor most likely to have led these three jurors to change their verdict is
a. the leniency bias.
b. the influence of peremptory challenges.
c. normative influence.
d. informational influence.
d
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a. 99, 110, 153, 98, 64 b. 92, 91, 89, 94, 95 c. 10, 20, 5, 34, 29 d. 188, 200, 201, 177, 169
Korsakoff's syndrome ____.
A. is marked by severe memory impairments B. results from too much thiamine C. results from lack of oxygen to the brain D. is due to a breakdown of the blood-brain barrier
A recent telephone survey found that ______ percent of girls from 12 to 17 reported that
they had suffered from major depression in the preceding six months. a. 4 c. 24 b. 14 d. 34
The mechanism Piaget proposed to explain how children shift from one stage of thought to the next is known as
A. vocalization. B. causation. C. equilibration. D. conceptualization.