Empirical Evidence Suggests That Judges' Instructions to Jurors to Disregard

question 45

Multiple Choice

Empirical evidence suggests that judges' instructions to jurors to disregard inadmissible evidence

• A)are typically ineffective.
• B)may result in jurors focusing even more on this information or evidence.
• C)both A and B
• D)neither A or B

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Definitions:

External Attributions

The process of assigning the cause of behavior to some situation or event outside a person's control rather than to some internal characteristic.

Entity Theorists

Individuals who believe that personal attributes, such as intelligence or personality, are fixed and cannot be changed.

Incremental Theorists

Individuals who believe that abilities and intelligence can grow and improve over time with effort and practice.

Status Quo Bias

The preference to maintain current circumstances or resist changes.