Which of the Following Statements Correctly Reflects the Current Legal

question 52

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements correctly reflects the current legal status of the polygraph?

• A) Almost half of the states have banned the use of polygraph results in court.
• B) Only five states allow the use of polygraph evidence in court.
• C) The Supreme Court has banned the use of polygraph tests in criminal trials.
• D) Polygraph evidence can only be used in criminal but not civil cases.

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Definitions:

Superego

A component of Freud's psychoanalytic theory, representing the moral conscience and the internalization of societal norms and principles.

Unconscious

The part of the mind that is inaccessible to conscious thought but that affects behavior and emotions, according to psychoanalytic theory.

Id

In psychoanalysis, a part of the mind in which innate instinctive impulses and primary processes are manifest.

Ego

Part of the psyche that mediates between the conscious, the unconscious, and reality, operating based on the reality principle, according to Freudian theory.