Which of the following has been cited as a criticism of plea bargaining?

A. The assigned sentence is often too lenient.
B. Innocent defendants might feel compelled to plead guilty because they think that a trial will result in a worse outcome.
C. Prosecutors exert too much power in the negotiations.
D. all of the above


D

Psychology

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a.  True   b.  False

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Research on differences between the moral reasoning of males and females has shown that

a. there are significant differences between the moral reasoning of men and women. b. although there are small differences between men and women in some areas, the overall moral reasoning of males and females is very similar. c. significant sex differences are found in cultures that emphasize justice but not in those that emphasize care. d. no differences in moral reasoning have been identified between the sexes.

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Tulving and Pearlstone conducted an experiment in which participants were asked to remember lists of words from a variety of categories. Later, half the participants were asked to recall the words without any cues; the remaining participants were asked to recall the words after being given the category names. Tulving and Pearlstone found that participants in:

a. the cued-recall condition recalled nearly twice as many words as participants in the free-recall condition b. the free-recall condition recalled nearly twice as many words as participants in the cued-recall condition c. both conditions recalled more than 75% of the words d. both conditions recalled less than 10% of the words

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From your own childhood or adolescence, provide an example of one type of aggression. This example can be something that happened to you or something you witnessed. What type of aggression was it?

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology