When lawyers for a woman who was accused of killing a neighbor focused on her mental state upon learning that the neighbor had, himself, raped and murdered her three year-old daughter, they were invoking _____
a. involuntary commitment
b. incompetence to stand trial
c. diminished capacity
d. least restrictive environment
Answer: c. diminished capacity
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b. The treatment is illegal in almost all countries and states. c. The benefits are not likely to last more than a few months. d. The benefits emerge more slowly than they do for other treatments.
_____ is the social psychological frame within which individuals reside, much like the structure of our houses and homes
a) Society b) Culture c) Personality d) Race
Which model or theory of emotion proposes that there is a simultaneous and independent occurrence of physical sensations and subjective feelings during an emotional experience??
a. ?catharsis theory b. ?Schachter?Singer two-factor theory c. ?Somatovisceral Afference Model of Emotion d. ?Cannon?Bard theory
Baby Lakota is shown a ball that is then hidden under a cover. What must Lakota do to retrieve the ball?
A) Lakota will need to recall the location of the ball. B) Lakota must coordinate "pushing aside" and "grasping" schemes to retrieve the ball. C) Lakota will not be able to retrieve the ball until she is in Substage 6 of the sensorimotor period. D) Lakota will have trouble retrieving the ball until she no longer makes the A-not-B error.