A 17-year-old boy sentenced to death in the U.S. in 2004 was eventually executed despite the argument presented by the American Psychological Association that his relatively immature brain made him unable to fully appreciate the consequences of his act
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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In the "word list" false memory experiment where several students incorrectly remembered hearing the word sleep, false memory occurs because of
A. constructive memory processes. B. verbatim recall. C. the effect of scripts. D. cryptoamnesia
The systematic hunting and killing of other members of the same species is found in
A. all mammals. B. animals that live socially, like dogs and humans. C. humans only. D. humans and chimpanzees.
In conditions of extreme stress, the hippocampus ______ and the amygdala ______
a. may dysfunction; may dysfunction b. may dysfunction; becomes overactive c. becomes overactive; may dysfunction d. becomes overactive; becomes overactive
Emma is the manager of the accounting department in a big company. In which of the following situations will Emma be LESS motivated to behave in an ingratiating way?
A) when she is talking to her friends B) when she is talking to the CEO of the company C) when she is talking to the staff of the accounting department D) both A and C