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    states that he considers the need of independence from the British “nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery.” The words “freedom” and “slavery” are provided as ultimatums in which one can only have one, not both. The negative connotation conveyed through the word “slavery” make the delegates in the convention compare their situation of being ruled by the Britains to that of a slave and slave owner, leading to the consensus of the immorality displayed by the British. Therefore the delegates

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    Gutierrez cross-examines Wilds, and questions him in a strong, suggestive tone. Her questions are leading and complex; she ends her questions with “were, they not” or “is it not.” Gutierrez was telling Wilds the information in a intimidating manner to scare Wilds to say yes, Ma’am. Additionally, Wilds responded to the questions swiftly at trial, which makes him sound credible. Gutierrez continued her cross-examination for five days like this and did not realize the effect her harsh tone will have

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    (Mis)leading Questions Because attorneys shape the way witnesses think about what they have been asked by their phrasing of the leading question, they have a significant effect on the memory retrieval of the eyewitness. A study done in 1974 by Loftus and Palmer illustrates the effect of these phrasings. In the first part of the study, participants were shown different video of two cars hitting each other. Humans are generally bad at guessing the speed of moving objects, so the design of this study

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    truth is unreliable as many witnesses fail to contribute in a positive way to grant courts accurate data of the incident. This essay will be discussing the factors that influence eyewitness testimony including age, weapon focus, stress, or the leading questions asked in court. “When a witness perceives a complex event, a number of factors, such as the exposure time, or the salience of the event, or the witness’s prior expectations, will affect the accuracy of what is perceived and stored in memory”

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    Comparing a neutral question to a leading question seems to be necessary in evaluating the validity of the statement “There is no such thing as a neutral question” because as soon as a question is asked, the individual stops looking for knowledge in a non-leading way. The statement suggests that only leading questions exist. So what is a leading question? A leading question can be defined as a question that prompts a desired answer. So what is a neutral question? A neutral question is the opposite of

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    try to it’s an inevitability that our breaths at one moment our very last moment in life will cease to continue. We ponder upon multiple questions due to this one event, main question being why? As that one question is asked by millions of people at least once in their lives it always ends up challenging our inner state of mind and way of thinking therefore leading to the change of what how we use to trust and our way of perceiving of what’s wrong or right and what we thought was real. Which can be

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    The Unforgiving Minute Craig Mullaney definitely made many challenges for himself and accepted challenges from others with no questions asked. Being the thriving Valedictorian of his high school class and earning other prestigious accolades he stood out from the other entire student. But at West Point, Mullaney would be intertwined with hundreds of other classmates with the same, if not more achievements, making it seemingly impossible to be any kind of a predominant student. Mullaney learned

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    quality questioning. When writing our lesson plan, we were prompted to think of questions that would allow for extension, check for understanding, provide differentiation, lead students in developing an understanding of the key ideas included in the lesson, guide students through the lesson by scaffolding their learning, and help to clear up misconceptions that existed. As one can see, planning for the types of questions to ask and anticipating the types of responses that would come in turn, encompassed

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    159 Final Exam 1a. There are multiple methodological problems with this study. The first mistake is the experimenters explain their hypothesis to the group. This is an issue because it can lead to subject expectancy effects. The researchers explained that they believe that meditating will improve test results, so now the group now knows the expected outcome. Since they know this, they may now intentionally or unintentionally behave in the way the researchers want them to. For example, those who meditate

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    This paper will examine techniques used throughout the interview such as: verbal following, close-ended questions, open-ended questions, paraphrasing, summarizing and remaining soler. Verbal Tracking Verbal tracking or verbal following is when the interviewer is following what the interviewee is saying (Ivey & Allen, 2016, p. 102). The interviewer must not be off topic and the questions asked should be relevant to what the interviewee is talking about (Ivey & Allen, 2016, p. 102). During Rifkin’s

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