The _______________ Decides Whether Circumstantial Evidence, If Believed, Is Evidence

question 44

Multiple Choice

The _______________ decides whether circumstantial evidence, if believed, is evidence of the defendant's guilt.

• A) judge
• B) jury
• C) law
• D) police

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Definitions:

Unattended Material

refers to information that is present in the environment but not actively processed by the conscious mind due to the focus on another task or material.

Dichotic Listening Studies

Experiments that involve presenting two different auditory messages simultaneously to each ear to study selective attention and language processing.

Shadowing Performance

A task in cognitive psychology where an individual repeats speech immediately after hearing it, used to study attention and language processing.

Kahneman's Model

A psychological theory attributed to Daniel Kahneman that distinguishes between two modes of thought: fast, intuitive thinking (System 1) and slower, more rational thinking (System 2).