You Are a Police Officer Who Executed an Illegal Search

question 4

Multiple Choice

You are a police officer who executed an illegal search but did find drugs and other illegal paraphernalia in the process. The judge ruled that the evidence you found could not be used. Which concept explains this?

• A) exclusionary rule
• B) fruit of the poisonous tree
• C) public-duty defense
• D) objective reasonableness

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Definitions:

Sigmund Freud

An Austrian neurologist and the founding father of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Structuralism

An approach in psychology and other social sciences that emphasizes understanding the structure of the human mind or society by analyzing its components and their interactions.

Basic Elements

Fundamental components or parts that serve as building blocks for constructing or understanding a complex whole.

Gestalt Theory

The idea that the whole of personal experience is different from simply the sum of its parts.