Lesson 6.1.5

6.1.5 Factors affecting jury decision-making Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Psychology, Unit 6

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The 20 questions

  1. How many jurors sit on a criminal jury in England and Wales?

    • 6
    • 12
    • 15
    • 10

  2. Which defendant characteristic is specifically named as affecting jury decision-making?

    • Intelligence
    • Attractiveness
    • Handedness
    • Height

  3. What term refers to media coverage about a case released before trial proceedings start?

    • Post-trial reporting
    • In-court testimony
    • Pre-trial publicity
    • Jury deliberation

  4. How does negative pre-trial publicity typically affect juror ratings of a defendant?

    • Eliminates bias
    • Decreases guilt ratings
    • Increases guilt ratings
    • Ensures neutral verdicts

  5. What term describes a simulated group of participants acting as jurors in psychological research?

    • Mock jury
    • Focus group
    • Grand jury
    • Shadow jury

  6. What is the main methodological limitation of using written case summaries with mock juries?

    • Poor reliability
    • High observer bias
    • Low internal validity
    • Low ecological validity

  7. Which psychological bias leads jurors to judge attractive defendants more favourably?

    • Recency effect
    • Halo effect
    • Bystander effect
    • Primacy effect

  8. Which demographic characteristic of a defendant is studied for inducing juror bias?

    • Eye colour
    • Height
    • Race
    • Handedness

  9. How does negative pre-trial publicity usually affect mock jurors' ratings of a defendant?

    • Increases acquittal rates
    • Increases guilt ratings
    • Has no effect
    • Decreases guilt ratings

  10. Which cognitive bias leads jurors to interpret trial evidence to match pre-existing beliefs?

    • Hindsight bias
    • Confirmation bias
    • Availability heuristic
    • Self-serving bias

  11. What is a main criticism of allowing majority verdicts rather than requiring jury unanimity?

    • Increases court costs
    • Guarantees retrials
    • Extends deliberation time
    • Silences minority opinions

  12. What term refers to biased trial information that jurors are legally instructed to ignore?

    • Direct evidence
    • Circumstantial evidence
    • Inadmissible evidence
    • Corroborating evidence

  13. Which type of validity is most frequently questioned in mock jury research?

    • Ecological validity
    • Internal validity
    • Temporal validity
    • Construct validity

  14. Which non-evidential factor can cause identical evidence to yield different trial verdicts?

    • Jury room size
    • Trial duration
    • Courtroom location
    • Defendant characteristics

  15. What is the primary advantage of using a repeated measures design in jury research?

    • Eliminates order effects
    • Prevents demand characteristics
    • Reduces research costs
    • Controls individual differences

  16. What trial intervention aims to reduce the impact of pre-trial publicity on jurors?

    • Defendant testimony
    • Expert testimony
    • Jury sequestration
    • Judicial instructions

  17. In jury research, what type of finding occurs when defendant attractiveness shows no statistical effect on verdicts?

    • Confirmation bias
    • Type I error
    • Null result
    • Hawthorne effect

  18. Why might using university students as mock jurors reduce a study's generalisability?

    • Unrepresentative sample
    • Demand characteristics
    • Experimenter bias
    • High ecological validity

  19. What factor influences juror decisions when media coverage prior to a trial biases their judgements?

    • Weapon focus
    • Halo effect
    • Systemic bias
    • Pre-trial publicity

  20. What is the primary methodological strength of jury simulation research?

    • Natural setting
    • Ecological validity
    • Random sampling
    • High control

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