As described in your book, Sommers's (2006) study examining the influence of a jury's racial composition indicates that
a. Caucasian and African-American jurors are often equally likely to vote to convict an African-Americandefendant
b. African-American jurors often successfully convince Caucasian jurors to change their votes duringdeliberations, particularly when they offer multiple arguments for doing so.
c. Caucasian jurors often evaluate a trial differently when their jury is diverse versus all-Caucasian.
d. diverse juries have a harder time coming to a unanimous decision than do all-Caucasian juries.
c
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a. fixations. b. heuristics. c. algorithms. d. framing. e. overconfidence.
In what cultures do adolescents tend to be strongly peer-oriented and to value the opinions of their peers highly, especially on day-to-day issues such as how they are dressed and what they say in social situations?
a. Asian b. Western c. developing d. African