Officer Bob Knocked on Your Door Late on Saturday Night,told

question 37

True/False

Officer Bob knocked on your door late on Saturday night,told you they are investigating a kidnapping,and asked if he may come in to talk and "look around." You hesitated a moment but when Officer Bob stated that he hates to use the warrant because it will seem like you are being uncooperative and judges hate defendants who do not cooperate,you agreed to let him enter.While he was talking to you,Officer Bob casually opened the desk in your living room and found a two-ounce bag of marijuana.Officer Bob seized the drugs and arrested you for possession.The search and seizure described will withstand judicial scrutiny under the consent exception to the warrant requirement.

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Definitions:

Ethical Issue

A dilemma or situation that requires a choice to be made between competing values or principles.

Milgram's Obedience

A series of experiments conducted by Stanley Milgram, demonstrating people's willingness to obey authority figures even when asked to perform actions conflicting with their personal conscience.

Terminate Experiment

The process of concluding or ending an experimental study following its predefined criteria or due to unforeseen circumstances.

Allport

A psychologist known for his work in the study of personality and his theory on the nature of prejudice.