Using Transcripts from an Actual Civil Trial,Miller and Campbell Found

question 25

Multiple Choice

Using transcripts from an actual civil trial,Miller and Campbell found that when arguments by both the plaintiff and defence were presented together,opinions of mock jurors reflected the ____________.When the testimony of the plaintiff and defence were presented a week apart,mock jurors were more likely to form their opinions according to the ______________.

• A)the recency effect; the primacy effect
• B)the two-sided approach; the one-sided approach
• C)the primacy effect; the recency effect
• D)the one-sided approach; the two-sided approach

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Definitions:

Symbolic Gestures

Actions performed to convey messages or emotions without using words, often culturally specific.

First Words

The initial set of words a child learns and uses to communicate, often occurring between 10 to 15 months of age.

Zone of Proximal Development

A concept in developmental psychology referring to the difference between what a learner can do without help and what they can achieve with guidance and encouragement from a skilled partner.

Guided Participation

Adult’s participation in a child’s activity that helps to structure it and bring the child’s understanding of it closer to the adult’s.