There Was a Recent Robbery at the Local Bank

question 56

Multiple Choice

There was a recent robbery at the local bank. Lucia is a detective with the police department and is interviewing several bank personnel regarding the event. Lucia has the bank personnel focus specifically on the robbery and only asks questions relevant to the robbery. Lucia is using which interview technique?

• A) open-ended
• B) semistructured
• C) critical incident
• D) unstructured

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Definitions:

Outgroup Homogeneity

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Just-world Phenomenon

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Social Identity

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Other-race Effect

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