According to the Cognitive-Experiential Self Theory, How Do Jurors Make

question 31

Multiple Choice

According to the cognitive-experiential self theory, how do jurors make decisions?

• A)When people rely on analysis and logical arguments, they are using an experientially based system that is unconscious and effortless.
• B)When people rely on emotion, intuition, or stereotypical thinking from past events, they are using a rationally based cognitive system that is active, deliberate, and effortful.
• C)The experiential mode is the default mode of processing, and jurors will shift to cognitive processing only if the importance of careful analysis is stressed to them.
• D)Jurors will revert from experiential processing to rational thinking when they are emotionally aroused or have to decipher complicated evidence.

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