Many Prosecutors Suggest That the Officer Appear in Court in Civilian

question 18

Multiple Choice

Many prosecutors suggest that the officer appear in court in civilian clothing rather than in uniform for all the reasons except:

• A)jurors may tend to associate the officer in uniform with the traffic citations they have received.
• B)to some jurors,the uniform and badge may represent authority that they resent.
• C)the jury may be able to better relate to an officer in civilian clothing and give more weight to the officer's testimony.
• D)so that the defendant will not be able to recognize the officer.

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Definitions:

Appearance-Reality Distinction

The cognitive skill to differentiate between how things appear and how they actually are, which develops in early childhood.

Metacognition

The awareness and understanding one has of their own thought processes, often used to improve learning and problem-solving skills.

Animism

The belief that inanimate objects are alive and have feelings and intentions; a characteristic of preoperational reasoning.

Lateralized

Pertains to the specialization of function in one hemisphere of the brain or the other.