RC Drill Set 4, Question 2
This passage is adapted from a book published(425 more words not shown)
The passage provides information most(9 more words not shown)
- AWhich particular paralinguistic(11 more words not shown)
- BWhat sometimes prompts(6 more words not shown)
- CIs presentation of(7 more words not shown)
- DWhy is the(12 more words not shown)
- EIs there empirical(12 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The account covers several different issues: awareness of perjury penalties, stress, jurors' interpretation of cues, and a study of deception detection.
What we’re looking for
This is an open information question, so I'll check what evidence we actually get for each proposed question. A claim attributed to a critic isn't automatically a reported experimental finding.
Working the answers
- A
We get examples of cues associated with deceit, not a list showing which cues indicate involuntary repression of information. Those are different things to identify.
- BCorrect
Paragraph 3 says jurors can struggle to assimilate the amount of verbal and nonverbal information. “This can trigger stereotyping strategies.” Too much information prompts a shortcut based on preconceptions. That directly answers what sometimes triggers the behavior.
- C
We aren't told how widely videotaped testimony is used. Discussing its advantages and disadvantages doesn't establish its prevalence.
- D
The opening calls videotape expedient, but doesn't explain why. A plausible logistical explanation would be our addition, not the information supplied here.
- E
This is close: critics do suggest that stress can make truthful witnesses forget information. But no experiment testing that memory claim is reported. The final study measures observers' accuracy at detecting deception, so it doesn't supply the empirical evidence this question asks about.
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