Studies suggest that juries
a. place too much confidence in DNA evidence.
b. are less likely to convict a defendant wearing eyeglasses because presumably eye glasses imply intelligence
and, hence, the defendant wouldn't do anything as foolish as he or she was accused of.
c. tend to inappropriately incorporate pretrial publicity into their jury deliberations, often without being aware of it.
d. do all of these.
ANSWER: d
You might also like to view...
To measure the effects of task complexity on an individual's perception of time, a researcher has one group of participants do simple addition problems and another group solve complex mathematical formulas. Both groups are then asked to estimate the time
Later, the researcher finds out that the participants given the complex task were in a room with higher noise levels than the other group. In this study, the noise level would be considered an example of a. the placebo effect. b. a dependent variable. c. a confounding variable. d. an independent variable.
A species is characterized by its ability to ___________
a. Survive the birthing process. b. Mate. c. Produce viable, fertile offspring. d. Blend the characteristics of both parents.