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Medesa

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Waleska is a social psychologist who studies the legal system. Which objectives would she be least likely to pursue in her research?
 
  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 2

Ingroup members are believed to display the outgroup homogeneity effect because
 
  a. both groups always compete for shared resources.
  b. they lack familiarity with members of the outgroup.
  c. they lack sufficient information to judge the variability of their own group.
  d. they usually encounter the most typical members of the outgroup.



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

b



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