RC Drill Set 4, Question 6
This passage is adapted from a book published(425 more words not shown)
The passage most strongly implies(20 more words not shown)
- Aare to some(10 more words not shown)
- Bgenerally mislead jurors(6 more words not shown)
- Care for the(7 more words not shown)
- Dtend to make(9 more words not shown)
- Eare much less(10 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The study makes me think about what witnesses say: listeners and transcript readers did better than people watching live interviews. So at least some useful information remains when visual cues are removed.
What we’re looking for
For this question, distinguish cues that help detect truthfulness from the distracting cues criticized earlier; the stem asks about the crucial ones.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
The argument says videotape could be used without impairing how well jurors recognize dishonesty (paragraph 4). Some useful cues must therefore be capturable by video. Words are an obvious example from the study, but we don't need to claim that words are the only useful cues.
- B
This applies the criticism of misleading information to the cues crucial for determining truthfulness. The fact that some visual signals distract doesn't make the useful signals generally misleading.
- C
Useful information appears in recordings and transcripts, so it isn't largely confined to the courtroom setting.
- D
Helping determine whether someone is truthful isn't the same as making the testimony sound more credible. A useful cue could expose a lie rather than increase trust.
- E
Reduced intimidation can remove false signs of deception. The text doesn't say relaxation makes the crucial truth-detection cues much less evident.
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