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Most jurors will be more inclined to reach a verdict favorable to one
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Most jurors will be more inclined to reach a verdict favorable to one side if that side’s case is based primarily on eyewitness testimony rather than on physical evidence backed by expert scientific testimony. Surprisingly, studies involving jurors in mock trials have found that this tendency survives even for those jurors who understand that eyewitness testimony is generally less reliable than is physical evidence backed by expert testimony.
Which of the following would, if true, most help to explain the surprising phenomenon described above?
A. Jurors in mock trials usually spend less time deliberating and worrying about reaching the right verdict than do jurors in actual trials.
B. Because expert testimony regarding physical evidence presented at trial is almost invariably given by witnesses testifying for one side or the other, many jurors regard such witnesses as biased.
C. The credibility that a particular juror will assign to a particular eyewitness will be profoundly influenced by personal characteristics of the eyewitness including age, gender, occupation, and appearance.
D. Even jurors who understand that eyewitnesses tend to be less reliable than physical evidence incorrectly believe they are better than the average juror at telling when an eyewitness’s testimony is reliable
E. The more complex the physical evidence presented at trial is, the less it will influence the jurors in reaching their verdict.
Which of the following would, if true, most help to explain the surprising phenomenon described above?
A. Jurors in mock trials usually spend less time deliberating and worrying about reaching the right verdict than do jurors in actual trials.
B. Because expert testimony regarding physical evidence presented at trial is almost invariably given by witnesses testifying for one side or the other, many jurors regard such witnesses as biased.
C. The credibility that a particular juror will assign to a particular eyewitness will be profoundly influenced by personal characteristics of the eyewitness including age, gender, occupation, and appearance.
D. Even jurors who understand that eyewitnesses tend to be less reliable than physical evidence incorrectly believe they are better than the average juror at telling when an eyewitness’s testimony is reliable
E. The more complex the physical evidence presented at trial is, the less it will influence the jurors in reaching their verdict.
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Re: Most jurors will be more inclined to reach a verdict favorable to one
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Please help with the explanation.
This question is flawed because both (B) and (D) are argualby correct and (B) is probably better than (D).So, it's probably best to just ignore this question.
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GMATNinja Could you please help here?
I believe both B and D provide enough justification for the phenomenon here. Option B states that jurors regard witnesses presenting physical evidence as biased - which in turn provides support as to why eyewitnesses are preferred.
Further, Option B mentions "trials" which can be both Mock as well as Actual trials. I'm not 100% convinced of the reasons for choosing B over D!
Thank you!
I believe both B and D provide enough justification for the phenomenon here. Option B states that jurors regard witnesses presenting physical evidence as biased - which in turn provides support as to why eyewitnesses are preferred.
Further, Option B mentions "trials" which can be both Mock as well as Actual trials. I'm not 100% convinced of the reasons for choosing B over D!
Thank you!
GMATNinja KarishmaB
Please help with this question. I couldn't decide between B & D.
Only thing i had against (B) is ''many jurors''.
Who are those ''many jurors''? Are they who understand that eyewitness testimony is generally less reliable physical evidence OR the other ones?
We are told that the jurors understand that eyewitness testimony is generally less reliable than is physical evidence backed by expert testimony. So even though many jurors regard the witnesses presenting expert testimony as biased, the jurors still believe that eyewitness testimony is generally less reliable.
In other words, a juror can consider expert testimony to be biased but still believe that expert testimony is better (i.e. more reliable) than eyewitness testimony.
We need to resolve the discrepancy: given the fact in bold above, why are most jurors more inclined to reach a verdict favorable to one side if that side’s case is based primarily on eyewitness testimony?
Only choice (D) resolves that specific paradox. Yes, they generally consider eyewitness testimony to be less reliable than physical evidence backed by expert testimony, but they also believe that they can tell when eyewitnesses are reliable and when they are not!
The GENERAL belief -- that eyewitnesses are less reliable -- isn't an issue for those jurors because they think they can judge the reliability of the INDIVIDUAL eyewitness on the witness stand.
Choice (B) could help explain why jurors think eyewitnesses are more reliable than physical evidence with expert testimony -- but that would go against the passage and ELIMINATE the paradox, rather than EXPLAIN the paradox.
Only choice (D) explains the paradox, so that's our winner.
