Question 1

Police interrogations are often conducted in small,bare,soundproof rooms so that

Accepted Answer

A) distractions will be minimized and the suspect will be better able to focus on the interrogation. 
B) suspects feel socially isolated and uncomfortable. 
C) police operating costs will be kept to a minimum. 
D) other police officers will not become biased against particular suspects. 
A) distractions will be minimized and the suspect will be better able to focus on the interrogation. 
B) suspects feel socially isolated and uncomfortable. 
C) police operating costs will be kept to a minimum. 
D) other police officers will not become biased against particular suspects.

Question 2

According to research findings,which individual is most likely to be an opponent of the death penalty?

Accepted Answer

A) Michael,who scores low on a self-report measure of authoritarian beliefs 
B) Buster,who holds fundamentalist religious beliefs 
C) Lindsey,who believes that the world is a fair place in which you get what you deserve 
D) Gob,who believes in the deterrent potential of capital punishment 
A) Michael,who scores low on a self-report measure of authoritarian beliefs 
B) Buster,who holds fundamentalist religious beliefs 
C) Lindsey,who believes that the world is a fair place in which you get what you deserve 
D) Gob,who believes in the deterrent potential of capital punishment

Question 3

One way in which expert testimony may increase the competence of jurors is by

Accepted Answer

A) facilitating judges' use of scientific jury selection. 
B) leading jurors to be more critical of eyewitness testimony. 
C) eliciting sentencing disparity. 
D) modeling confidence,thus providing the jurors with a standard against which they can assess the confidence of non-expert witnesses. 
A) facilitating judges' use of scientific jury selection. 
B) leading jurors to be more critical of eyewitness testimony. 
C) eliciting sentencing disparity. 
D) modeling confidence,thus providing the jurors with a standard against which they can assess the confidence of non-expert witnesses.

Question 4

Which statement is not a viable explanation for the finding that jurors often fail to comply with a judge's instruction______________to disregard inadmissible evidence?

Accepted Answer

A) Jurors do not like being told what they can and cannot pay attention to. 
B) The judge's instruction often draws greater attention to the evidence in question. 
C) Jurors are primarily motivated to reach the "right" decision. 
D) Judicial instructions do not make it clear which information should be disregarded. 
A) Jurors do not like being told what they can and cannot pay attention to. 
B) The judge's instruction often draws greater attention to the evidence in question. 
C) Jurors are primarily motivated to reach the "right" decision. 
D) Judicial instructions do not make it clear which information should be disregarded.

Question 5

Waleska is a social psychologist who studies the legal system.Which objectives would she be least likely to pursue in her research?

Accepted Answer

A) improving the ability of police officers to determine when a criminal suspect is lying 
B) determining under what circumstances jurors are best able to understand and follow a judge's instructions 
C) assessing how judges apply sentencing guidelines to complex cases 
D) identifying the types of psychological disorders most likely to lead people to engage in criminal behavior 
A) improving the ability of police officers to determine when a criminal suspect is lying 
B) determining under what circumstances jurors are best able to understand and follow a judge's instructions 
C) assessing how judges apply sentencing guidelines to complex cases 
D) identifying the types of psychological disorders most likely to lead people to engage in criminal behavior

Question 6

Marita is studying how the legal system in the United States handles repeat offenders differently than the legal system in Canada.This is an example of a study in______________law.

Accepted Answer

A) tort 
B) business 
C) comparative 
D) forensic 
A) tort 
B) business 
C) comparative 
D) forensic

Question 7

Research on children's memory for events demonstrates that

Accepted Answer

A) they may be especially susceptible to the effects of repetitive questions. 
B) they are particularly resistant to the effects of suggestive questions and misinformation. 
C) children witnesses often completely fabricate events in order to deceive adults. 
D) children usually make better witnesses because they are more honest than adults. 
A) they may be especially susceptible to the effects of repetitive questions. 
B) they are particularly resistant to the effects of suggestive questions and misinformation. 
C) children witnesses often completely fabricate events in order to deceive adults. 
D) children usually make better witnesses because they are more honest than adults.

Question 8

Harwin is hooked up to a mechanical instrument that records his heart rate,blood pressure,breathing,and sweat gland activity.Harwin is being subjected to

Accepted Answer

A) a polygraph test. 
B) an internalized interrogation. 
C) the voir dire process. 
D) a sequential line up. 
A) a polygraph test. 
B) an internalized interrogation. 
C) the voir dire process. 
D) a sequential line up.

Question 9

Research shows that a jury's final verdict can often be predicted accurately if which of the following is known?

Accepted Answer

A) non verbal behaviors of the jurors during the trial 
B) thoughts of the individual jurors just before deliberation begins 
C) initial vote of the foreperson 
D) proportion of men to women on the jury 
A) non verbal behaviors of the jurors during the trial 
B) thoughts of the individual jurors just before deliberation begins 
C) initial vote of the foreperson 
D) proportion of men to women on the jury

Question 10

Death qualification refers to

Accepted Answer

A) pre-trial hearings that are conducted to determine whether a defendant should receive the death penalty. 
B) a procedure used during voir dire to ensure that jurors are prepared for potentially graphic testimony concerning violence,usually involving murder. 
C) a jury selection procedure that permits judges to exclude from capital cases all prospective jurors who say they would refuse to vote for the death penalty under any circumstance. 
D) jurors' decision to recommend the death penalty even if the prosecution has not asked for it. 
A) pre-trial hearings that are conducted to determine whether a defendant should receive the death penalty. 
B) a procedure used during voir dire to ensure that jurors are prepared for potentially graphic testimony concerning violence,usually involving murder. 
C) a jury selection procedure that permits judges to exclude from capital cases all prospective jurors who say they would refuse to vote for the death penalty under any circumstance. 
D) jurors' decision to recommend the death penalty even if the prosecution has not asked for it.

Question 11

In theory,when innocent suspects are subjected to a polygraph test,they

Accepted Answer

A) are more aroused by crime-relevant questions than control questions. 
B) are more aroused by control questions than crime-relevant questions. 
C) exhibit overall lower levels of arousal than guilty suspects. 
D) exhibit overall higher levels of arousal than guilty suspects. 
A) are more aroused by crime-relevant questions than control questions. 
B) are more aroused by control questions than crime-relevant questions. 
C) exhibit overall lower levels of arousal than guilty suspects. 
D) exhibit overall higher levels of arousal than guilty suspects.

Question 12

Which of the following countries does not permit the death penalty?

Accepted Answer

A) Japan 
B) India 
C) Thailand 
D) Australia 
A) Japan 
B) India 
C) Thailand 
D) Australia

Question 13

Polygraph tests

Accepted Answer

A) are extremely effective in detecting guilt in those who are guilty and innocence in those who are innocent. 
B) are difficult to fake. 
C) can be fairly accurate when the suspect is naive and the examiner is competent. 
D) can be admitted into evidence in all district courts throughout the United States. 
A) are extremely effective in detecting guilt in those who are guilty and innocence in those who are innocent. 
B) are difficult to fake. 
C) can be fairly accurate when the suspect is naive and the examiner is competent. 
D) can be admitted into evidence in all district courts throughout the United States.

Question 14

Kirby is a juror in a rape trial in which both the prosecution and defense are relying on eyewitnesses.It is likely that Kirby will

Accepted Answer

A) be able to determine which eyewitnesses are accurate. 
B) use eyewitness confidence as a cue to eyewitness accuracy. 
C) underestimate the accuracy of all of the eyewitnesses. 
D) understand the factors that influence eyewitness accuracy enough to determine whether an eyewitness is biased. 
A) be able to determine which eyewitnesses are accurate. 
B) use eyewitness confidence as a cue to eyewitness accuracy. 
C) underestimate the accuracy of all of the eyewitnesses. 
D) understand the factors that influence eyewitness accuracy enough to determine whether an eyewitness is biased.

Question 15

Loftus and Palmer (1974)manipulated the wording of questions posed to participants who witness a filmed traffic accident.Their findings suggest that

Accepted Answer

A) the wording affected the participants' memory for the accident. 
B) the wording did not affect the participants' memory for the accident. 
C) witnesses often store multiple,contradictory memories for a single event. 
D) most eyewitness errors have to do with problems that arise during encoding. 
A) the wording affected the participants' memory for the accident. 
B) the wording did not affect the participants' memory for the accident. 
C) witnesses often store multiple,contradictory memories for a single event. 
D) most eyewitness errors have to do with problems that arise during encoding.

Question 16

Romeo suggests if you know the majority opinion in a jury prior to deliberation,you know what the jury decision will be.What provides the strongest exception to his conclusion?

Accepted Answer

A) jury nullification 
B) leniency bias 
C) voir dire 
D) death qualification 
A) jury nullification 
B) leniency bias 
C) voir dire 
D) death qualification

Question 17

In which way does your text suggest that social psychologists could help the courts make better use of eyewitness testimony?

Accepted Answer

A) by educating judges and juries so they can do a better job evaluating eyewitnesses 
B) by influencing legislation regulating the use of eyewitnesses in specific types of trials 
C) by contributing to high-profile trials,assisting with jury selection 
D) by appearing in public fora,such as television programs,to teach the public about the errors in eyewitness testimony 
A) by educating judges and juries so they can do a better job evaluating eyewitnesses 
B) by influencing legislation regulating the use of eyewitnesses in specific types of trials 
C) by contributing to high-profile trials,assisting with jury selection 
D) by appearing in public fora,such as television programs,to teach the public about the errors in eyewitness testimony

Question 18

Kalven and Zeisel (1966)found that______________percent of judges agreed with the verdicts juries rendered in all cases.

Accepted Answer

A) 45 
B) 60 
C) 78 
D) 92 
A) 45 
B) 60 
C) 78 
D) 92

Question 19

With respect to social influence processes in interrogations,internalization refers to the process in which

Accepted Answer

A) innocent suspects come to believe that they have committed the crimes for which they are being interrogated. 
B) suspects confess to crimes that they did not commit in order to escape aversive interrogations. 
C) accused suspects are offered lighter sentences in exchange for important information. 
D) juries are able to disregard confession testimony that was extracted through coercion. 
A) innocent suspects come to believe that they have committed the crimes for which they are being interrogated. 
B) suspects confess to crimes that they did not commit in order to escape aversive interrogations. 
C) accused suspects are offered lighter sentences in exchange for important information. 
D) juries are able to disregard confession testimony that was extracted through coercion.

Question 20

One reason for controversy surrounding sentencing decisions in this country is that Americans often

Accepted Answer

A) disagree about the adversarial model. 
B) believe that juries are inept. 
C) resist the inquisitorial model of justice. 
D) disagree about the goals of imprisonment. 
A) disagree about the adversarial model. 
B) believe that juries are inept. 
C) resist the inquisitorial model of justice. 
D) disagree about the goals of imprisonment.

Police interrogations are often conducted in small,bare,soundproof rooms so that

According to research findings,which individual is most likely to be an opponent of the death penalty?

One way in which expert testimony may increase the competence of jurors is by

Which statement is not a viable explanation for the finding that jurors often fail to comply with a judge's instruction______________to disregard inadmissible evidence?

Waleska is a social psychologist who studies the legal system.Which objectives would she be least likely to pursue in her research?

Marita is studying how the legal system in the United States handles repeat offenders differently than the legal system in Canada.This is an example of a study in______________law.

Research on children's memory for events demonstrates that

Harwin is hooked up to a mechanical instrument that records his heart rate,blood pressure,breathing,and sweat gland activity.Harwin is being subjected to

Research shows that a jury's final verdict can often be predicted accurately if which of the following is known?

Death qualification refers to

In theory,when innocent suspects are subjected to a polygraph test,they

Which of the following countries does not permit the death penalty?

Polygraph tests

Kirby is a juror in a rape trial in which both the prosecution and defense are relying on eyewitnesses.It is likely that Kirby will

Loftus and Palmer (1974)manipulated the wording of questions posed to participants who witness a filmed traffic accident.Their findings suggest that

Romeo suggests if you know the majority opinion in a jury prior to deliberation,you know what the jury decision will be.What provides the strongest exception to his conclusion?

In which way does your text suggest that social psychologists could help the courts make better use of eyewitness testimony?

Kalven and Zeisel (1966)found that______________percent of judges agreed with the verdicts juries rendered in all cases.

With respect to social influence processes in interrogations,internalization refers to the process in which

One reason for controversy surrounding sentencing decisions in this country is that Americans often

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Exam 12: Law

Police interrogations are often conducted in small,bare,soundproof rooms so that

According to research findings,which individual is most likely to be an opponent of the death penalty?

One way in which expert testimony may increase the competence of jurors is by

Which statement is not a viable explanation for the finding that jurors often fail to comply with a judge's instruction______________to disregard inadmissible evidence?

Waleska is a social psychologist who studies the legal system.Which objectives would she be least likely to pursue in her research?

Marita is studying how the legal system in the United States handles repeat offenders differently than the legal system in Canada.This is an example of a study in______________law.

Research on children's memory for events demonstrates that

Harwin is hooked up to a mechanical instrument that records his heart rate,blood pressure,breathing,and sweat gland activity.Harwin is being subjected to

Research shows that a jury's final verdict can often be predicted accurately if which of the following is known?

Death qualification refers to

In theory,when innocent suspects are subjected to a polygraph test,they

Which of the following countries does not permit the death penalty?

Polygraph tests

Kirby is a juror in a rape trial in which both the prosecution and defense are relying on eyewitnesses.It is likely that Kirby will

Loftus and Palmer (1974)manipulated the wording of questions posed to participants who witness a filmed traffic accident.Their findings suggest that

Romeo suggests if you know the majority opinion in a jury prior to deliberation,you know what the jury decision will be.What provides the strongest exception to his conclusion?

In which way does your text suggest that social psychologists could help the courts make better use of eyewitness testimony?

Kalven and Zeisel (1966)found that______________percent of judges agreed with the verdicts juries rendered in all cases.

With respect to social influence processes in interrogations,internalization refers to the process in which

One reason for controversy surrounding sentencing decisions in this country is that Americans often

What Is Social Psychology

Doing Social Psychology Research

The Social Self

Perceiving Persons

Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

Attitudes

Conformity

Group Processes

Attraction and Close Relationships

Helping Others

Aggression

Business

Health

Filters