In an Experiment Conducted with BBC Television,Richard Wiseman (1998)reported That

question 18

Multiple Choice

In an experiment conducted with BBC Television,Richard Wiseman (1998) reported that viewers saw the defendant played by either an attractive or an unattractive actor.How did the viewers react?

• A)More viewers "convicted" the attractive defendant.
• B)More viewers "convicted" the unattractive defendant.
• C)There was no difference in the conviction rates of the attractive and unattractive defendants.
• D)Baby-faced defendants were more often found guilty.

---

Definitions:

Conversion Disorder

A mental health condition where a person experiences physical symptoms that are not explainable by medical conditions, thought to arise from psychological conflict.

Psychological Treatment

Therapeutic interventions and techniques aimed at addressing mental health disorders, emotional difficulties, and behavioral problems.

Traumatic Experience

An emotionally painful, shocking, stressful, or life-threatening event that may have lasting adverse effects on an individual's mental and emotional stability.

Personalities

The combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's distinctive character.