Author Question: Jonnie is a defense attorney representing a client charged with drug offenses. He conducts a survey ... (Read 81 times)

moongchi · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Jonnie is a defense attorney representing a client charged with drug offenses. He conducts a survey in the community and discovers that residents with conservative politics are particularly unsympathetic to defendants in drug cases. He therefore decides to use his peremptory challenges during jury selection to remove from the panel prospective jurors with a history of voting for conservative political candidates. Jonnie is making use of

a. scientific jury selection.
b. an implicit personality theory.
c. trial attorney intuition.
d. jury consultants.

Question 2

Which of the following has been demonstrated in research on the automatic nature of stereotypes?

a. Exposure to stereotype content influences subsequent judgments for both high and low prejudiced individuals.
b. Exposure to category labels influences subsequent judgments for both high and low prejudiced individuals.
c. Automatic activation effects are less likely to occur if self-esteem is threatened.
d. Stereotypes influence subsequent judgment only when people are aware that the stereotype has beenactivated.