The competency to stand trial issue is based on the basic legal principle
a) that trials should not occur without the accused being present.
b) that mentally ill persons may not be responsible for their crimes.
c) of innocent until proven guilty.
d) of free will and the knowledge of right and wrong.
a
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A. social approach B. critical approach C. accomodationist approach D. descriptive approach
According to Descartes, the brain controlled behavior by ______.
A. directing spirit fluid through nerves, thereby inflating the muscles B. tilting the spinal cord like a joystick C. bending energy from an outside light source D. actively directing the pineal gland to inflate and deflate
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a. ?experimental b. ?construct c. ?operational d. ?empirical
In an experimental study of the effects of practice on reaction time, reaction time would be the a. control group
b. independent variable. c. experimental group. d. dependent variable.