Which of the Following Is True of Opening Statements

question 17

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of opening statements?

• A) They give the jury an opportunity to open a trial.
• B) They are mandated by the U.S. Constitution.
• C) They are presented by the presiding judge at the beginning of a trial.
• D) They consist of a brief version of the facts that will be presented during a trial.

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Definitions:

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember information at the beginning of a list better than the information that follows.

Anterograde

Related to or denoting the inability to form new memories following a traumatic event or damage to the brain.

Encoding Specificity

The principle suggesting that memory is most effective when information available at encoding is also present at retrieval.

Related Categories

Groups or classes that share common characteristics or are associated in some way.