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washai

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Which of the following is most true about research on social psychology and the law?
 
  a. In police interrogations, people sometimes confess to a crime they did not commit and even come to believe that they did commit the crime.
  b. When jury deliberations begin, if a couple of jurors disagree with everyone else, they are easily able to persuade the majority to change from a guilty to a not-guilty verdict.
  c. People have pretty good memories for events they witness, and it is hard to convince them that they saw something they did not.
  d. If a witness picks a suspect out of a lineup and is extremely confident that he or she has identified the right person, then he or she is almost certainly correct.

Question 2

The recommendation that the police investigator who administers a lineup should not know which person is the suspect is
 
  a. not supported by psychological research findings.
  b. intended to prevent post-identification feedback.
  c. likely to make the own-race bias worse.
  d. the best solution to the problems caused by witness verbalization.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B




washai

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Wow, this really help


Viet Thy

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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