Author Question: As deliberation begins, nine jurors think that the defendant is guilty. At first, the three jurors ... (Read 55 times)

jace · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

As deliberation begins, nine jurors think that the defendant is guilty. At first, the three jurors who think otherwise are resistant to changing their minds, but after hearing what the others have to say, they are genuinely persuaded and decide to vote guilty. The factor most likely to have led these three jurors to change their verdict is

a. the leniency bias.
b. the influence of peremptory challenges.
c. normative influence.
d. informational influence.

Question 2

Shaniqua plans to use a self-report measure in which people indicate their agreement or disagreement with a list of statements using a multi-point scale. She is using

a. a Likert scale.
b. the luncheon technique.
c. a categorical matrix.
d. an agreement index.