The trial of Andrea Yates caused great public debate because
a) the jury found her to be sane.
b) the jury found her to be insane.
c) the defense tried to use the rarely accepted "guilty by reason of insanity" defense.
d) she was taking care of her children while diagnosed with schizophrenia.
a
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Which of the following statements is MOST accurate?
a. Men are more likely than women to enter therapy. b. People from the lower socioeconomic classes are more likely to enter therapy than those from the upper classes. c. Many people who need therapy don't receive it. d. Only people who have an identifiable mental disorder are eligible for therapy.
Researcher Sandra Bem believes that whether one shows masculine traits or feminine traits should depend on
a. biological biasing. b. what the situation requires. c. your culture. d. your sexual orientation.
Norms are ____
a. ?expectations that guide the behavior of group members b. ?universal c. ?always unwritten and usually unspoken d. ?rarely helpful to individuals
Imagine you hear a report about a heritability study that claims trait X is "50% genetic." Which of the following is a more accurate way of stating this?
a. Fifty percent of individual difference of trait X within a population are due to genetic factors. b. Only half of a population has the trait. c. The trait is homozygous. d. More than 50% of similarities of trait X within a population are the result of genetic factors.