Author Question: Litigants at trial may remove prospective jurors from their jury through the use of peremptory ... (Read 77 times)

Starlight · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Litigants at trial may remove prospective jurors from their jury through the use of peremptory challenges. Traditionally, no explanation has to be given for the use of a peremptory, but within the past few decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that peremptories may not be based on a juror's

a. education level.
b. race.
c. physical appearance.
d. sex

Question 2

You think all professors are uncoordinated, but then you see your social psychology professor make a diving catch down the left-field line at an intramural softball game against the Arts Department team. You also notice that your professor hits lead-off for the team and is able to score from second base on a ground-out. You maintain your original stereotype of professors as uncoordinated by deciding that this one individual is an exception to the rule because he is a young professor.. This is an example of

a. social identity theory.
b. implicit personality theory.
c. subtyping.
d. a self-fulfilling prophecy.