Research Suggests That the Best Way to Encourage Truthful Testimony

question 171

Multiple Choice

Research suggests that the best way to encourage truthful testimony by children is to:

• A) reassure them that their friends have had the same experiences.
• B) reward them when they tell you that something happened.
• C) scold them if you believe that they are lying.
• D) try to avoid asking the child leading questions.

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Definitions:

Probability

The likelihood or chance of an event occurring, often expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

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Exponential Distribution

A probability distribution used to model the time between events in a process that occurs continuously and independently at a constant average rate.

Poisson Distribution

A statistical distribution that expresses the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space, assuming that these events occur with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event.