A Lawyer Defending a Man in a Rape Trial Tries

question 35

Multiple Choice

A lawyer defending a man in a rape trial tries to get women on the jury while the prosecutor tries to get men. The motive in both cases is that women jurors tend to make much harsher judgments of the woman who was raped than do male jurors. The most likely explanation for this gender difference is the:

• A) just world hypothesis
• B) fundamental attribution error
• C) self-serving bias
• D) actor/observer effect

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