Research Suggests That It Is Easier to

question 109

Multiple Choice

Research suggests that it is easier to

• A) create a reasonable doubt in the minds of your fellow jurors than it is to convince them that they have no reasonable doubt.
• B) convince fellow jurors to change their votes from not guilty to guilty than it is to convince them to change from guilty to not guilty.
• C) persuade a fellow juror using normative social influence than it is to do so using informational social influence.
• D) change the minds of fellow jurors when deliberating on a civil trial versus a criminal trial.

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Definitions:

Subjects' Behaviour

Examination of how research participants act or respond during experiments or studies.

Hypothesis

A proposed explanation for a phenomenon, based on previous observations, that can be tested through experimentation or observation.

Objective Manner

Acting or making decisions based on unbiased criteria and facts rather than personal feelings or opinions.

Double-blind Procedure

A research method in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know which participants belong to the control group and which belong to the experimental group.