PrepTest 142, Section 3, Question 12
"Stealing thunder" is a courtroom strategy that consists(464 more words not shown)
The author discusses the "(13 more words not shown)
- Aindicate that at(20 more words not shown)
- Bindicate that jurors(19 more words not shown)
- Csuggest that damaging(22 more words not shown)
- Dtheorize that stealing(21 more words not shown)
- Especulate that creating(14 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The cognitive framework is the lens jurors use to process later information. In this example, revealing something very damaging can create an early negative impression. Jurors then interpret subsequent evidence through that impression.
What we’re looking for
So the reference helps explain a possible backfire: the first revelation can keep affecting the case after the lawyer has moved on to other information.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
This captures that early-to-later relationship. Information presented early helps shape the framework through which later information is evaluated. The final sentence illustrates it with an unfavorable first impression.
- B
These attitudes are formed during the case. B instead concerns biases jurors already possess when they arrive at court. People may have such biases, but that isn't the function of this reference.
- C
The author isn't comparing the strength of positively framed early evidence with damaging evidence presented later. The point is that an early impression can influence the interpretation of whatever follows. C changes that influence into a ranking of the two pieces of evidence.
- D
The discussion identifies a risk of early negative framing; it doesn't recommend making the disclosure as early as possible. Getting ahead of the opponent and choosing the earliest possible moment are different claims.
- E
Credibility is one earlier explanation for the strategy, but this reference doesn't compare its effectiveness with positive framing. It explains how an impression can shape later judgments.
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