The Appellate Test of Fact Finding in Criminal Law Is

question 27

Multiple Choice

The appellate test of fact finding in criminal law is

• A) whether the error was clearly erroneous.
• B) whether no trier of fact could have found proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
• C) absence of substantial evidence.
• D) preponderance of the evidence.

Comprehend concepts related to memory reconstruction, malleability of memory, and misinformation effect.

Identify examples of proactive and retroactive interference.

Acknowledge the role of memory processing levels, including shallow and deep processing, in memory retention and forgetting.

Understand significant cases and phenomena in memory research, such as the case of H.M. and the misinformation effect.

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Definitions:

Effect Size

A quantitative measure of the magnitude of a phenomenon, used to indicate the size of an experimental effect.

Independent Variable

The variable that is manipulated or changed in an experiment to see if it has an effect on some other variable.

Type I Error

Incorrectly rejecting a true null hypothesis, also known as a "false positive" in statistical hypothesis testing.

Alpha Level

The threshold of statistical significance in hypothesis testing, often set at 0.05, below which the null hypothesis is rejected.