In the Context of Jury Decision Making,identify Two Defendant Characteristics

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Essay

In the context of jury decision making,identify two defendant characteristics that are most likely to result in guilty verdicts,and briefly explain each.

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Definitions:

Response Tendencies

Patterns of behavior or reactions that individuals are predisposed to in response to certain stimuli.

Reinforcements

In psychology, the process of encouraging or establishing a pattern of behavior by offering rewards or consequences.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that becomes associated with an unconditioned stimulus.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any need for prior learning.