Research on the leniency bias and jury deliberations suggests that which of the following juries will have the easiest time reaching a unanimous decision?
a. a jury in which ten jurors vote "not guilty" and two jurors vote "guilty" to start with
b. a jury in which ten jurors vote "guilty" and two jurors vote "not guilty" to start with
c. a jury that is evenly split at six-six to start with
d. a jury that has paid close attention to the judge's final instructions
a
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In a classic experiment on forgetting, college students learned lists of nonsense syllables. After studying, students in one group slept for eight hours and then were tested for memory of the lists. A second group stayed awake for eight hours after studying the lists. The results of the experiment revealed that
a. the group that slept performed better on the memory test. b. the group that stayed awake performed better on the memory test. c. both groups performed equally well on the memory tests. d. neither group could remember any of the nonsense syllables after eight hours.
In an unstructured interview,
a. conversation is informal. b. information is obtained by asking a series of pre-planned questions. c. the interviewer determines what subjects are discussed. d. situational tests are employed.
The two mechanisms hypothesized to underlie the Simon effect are ______ and ______.
A. the theory of unconscious inference; the attentional-movement hypothesis B. the attentional-movement hypothesis; the referential-coding hypothesis C. the computational approach; the referential-coding hypothesis D. sensation; perception
In the DSM-5, the term _____ replaces the older term ____
A) mental retardation; intellectual developmental disorder B) mental retardation; intellectual disability C) intellectual developmental disorder; mental retardation D) intellectual disability; mental retardation