Evidence About the Defendant's Character Is Admissible at Trial

question 38

Multiple Choice

Evidence about the defendant's character is admissible at trial:

• A)if defense places character at issue.
• B)if defendant denies the charges.
• C)at the discretion of the prosecutor.
• D)at the discretion of the judge .

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Definitions:

Behavioral Perspective

An approach to psychology that focuses on observable behaviors and the ways in which they are learned.

Observable Responses

Measurable actions or reactions of an organism in response to external or internal stimuli.

Conscious Processes

Mental activities of which an individual is aware, involving perception, thinking, and remembering.

Hindsight Bias

The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that we would have foreseen it. (Also known as the I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon.)