RC Drill Set 4, Question 1
This passage is adapted from a book published(425 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(9 more words not shown)
- AEmpirical research supports(17 more words not shown)
- BA number of(18 more words not shown)
- CLegal scholar S.(23 more words not shown)
- DLegal scholar S.(24 more words not shown)
- ECritics of legal(19 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We already predicted the main point: Brakel's objections to videotaped testimony face serious challenges. Courtroom pressure doesn't necessarily improve testimony, and giving jurors more behavioral cues doesn't necessarily help them identify a lie.
What we’re looking for
Look for a version of that overall response. The final study supports it, but the discussion includes several arguments before we reach the study. Nor do we need an answer claiming that video has been proved superior in every respect.
Working the answers
- A
This captures the idea behind the final study, but makes that research the whole point. The broader discussion responds to Brakel's concerns about both witnesses and jurors.
- BCorrect
The objections include formal perjury reminders outside court, courtroom stress, information overload, and misleading signs of anxiety. The empirical study then gives those criticisms “some empirical support.” This captures the full response to Brakel rather than one supporting part.
- C
This narrows the discussion to witnesses committing perjury. The study concerns observers detecting deception, while other objections address what witnesses know and how jurors interpret their behavior.
- D
The argument isn't just a report that researchers rejected Brakel's hypothesis. It develops several objections, and the reported study compares live interviews with audio or transcripts, not videotaped testimony.
- E
The methods aren't indistinguishable: the text explicitly says video provides fewer nonverbal cues. The claim is that this difference need not reduce accuracy, not that the difference disappears.
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