The Declaration Against Interest Exception to the Hearsay Rule Requires

question 36

Multiple Choice

The Declaration Against Interest Exception to the Hearsay Rule requires that the statement be:

• A)against a pecuniary interest
• B)self-incriminating
• C)invalidates a civil claim
• D)all of these qualify for the Declaration Against Interest Exception to the Hearsay Rule

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Definitions:

Demand Characteristics

Demand characteristics refer to subtle cues or signals in an experiment that communicate to the participants how they are expected to behave.

Placebo Group

In drug research, a group given an inert substance to assess the psychological effect of receiving a treatment.

Experimenter Expectancy Effect

The influence that the researcher's expectations can have on the outcome of a study, potentially biasing the results.

Floor Effect

Failure of a measure to detect a difference because it was too difficult.