Pennington and Hastie (1992) suggest jurors, to remember all the information, cope by developing a story that combines three types of information together into a narrative. These types of information do not include ________.
A) case-specific information acquired during the trial
B) jurors' own knowledge about similar crimes, such as crimes they have read about in the past, or even previous criminal cases they have been involved with
C) jurors knowingly considering PTP, when the guilt or innocence of the suspect is not obvious
D) jurors' generic expectations about what makes a complete story, such as the knowledge that human behaviour is usually motivated by goals

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Pennington and Hastie's model does not include jurors knowingly considering pretrial publicity (PTP) as part of the story construction process. Their model focuses on case-specific information, jurors' own knowledge and experiences, and generic story structures.

Pennington and Hastie (1992) Suggest Jurors, to Remember All the Information