Among the Traits Noted as Being Associated with Jurors' Verdicts

question 46

Multiple Choice

Among the traits noted as being associated with jurors' verdicts is how people tend to explain what happens to them, or how they answer the question: Do you believe that what happens to you is usually the result of your own behavior? This trait is referred to as:

• A) locus of control.
• B) belief in a just world.
• C) authoritarianism.
• D) an alternative hypothesis.

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Definitions:

Dissociative Identity Disorder

A mental disorder characterized by the presence of two or more distinct personality states that control an individual's behavior at different times, along with memory gaps for the time when another personality is in control.

Alters

Refers to each of the unique personalities in an individual who has dissociative identity disorder (DID). Alters may be very different from each other, with opposite personality traits (e.g., one very extraverted and another very introverted), and differences in the age, sex, race, and family history they claim to have.

Unique Personalities

Refers to the distinctive set of traits, behaviors, and thought patterns that make up an individual's character, distinguishing them from others.

False Memory Syndrome

Said to be exhibited by persons who claim to remember events that did not really take place, due to the influence of therapists who use leading questions, repeated suggestion, visualization, and hypnosis with the aim of recovering repressed memories.