Author Question: In the imported beef study by Knishinsky (1982), which of the following added pieces of information ... (Read 89 times)

Melani1276 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

In the imported beef study by Knishinsky (1982), which of the following added pieces of information did NOT result in increased beef orders?

(a) Imported beef was likely to be scarce
(b) The information regarding the beef shortage was exclusive
(c) The information regarding the beef shortage had been known for quite some time.
(d) None of the above (all resulted in increased orders)

Question 2

In a trial, the judge will sometimes instruct a jury to disregard evidence. According to the research cited in Influence, what is a common result of the judge's instructions?

(a) The jury successfully disregards the evidence and renders a decision similar to the one they would have arrived at had they never heard the disregarded evidence.
(b) The jury overreacts to the judge's instructions and renders a decision in the opposite direction of the evidence.
(c) The jury ignores the judge's instructions and renders a decision as if the judge had never instructed the jury to disregard the evidence.
(d) The jury focuses on the disregarded evidence and renders a decision that incorporates it even more strongly than had the judge never instructed them to disregard it.