According to the Insanity Defense Reform Act, a person who is deemed not guilty by reason of insanity

a) must be suffering from at least a moderate mental illness.
b) must be incarcerated for the maximum allowable time for their crime even if their mental health improves to the point where hospitalization is no longer needed.
c) must lack the overall capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of their behavior.
d) all of the above.


b

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a. weak central coherence b. deficits in executive functions c. deficient theory of mind d. sensory overselectivity

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Most preschoolers sleep:

a. 16 hours in a 24-hour period. b. 8 hours at night and take two naps per day. c. 9 to 10 hours at night and take one nap per day. d. more than they did as infants.

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Based on the PET scan research by Drevets and colleagues (2008), _____, which may be implicated in mood disorders, is 40% to 50% smaller in people with major depressive disorder

a) an area in the prefrontal cortex b) the amygdala c) the occipital lobe d) the hypothalamus

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The memory and recognition of stimuli that has been previously seen is known as

a. sensory-recognition memory. c. visual-recognition memory. b. visual-recall memory. d. sensory-recall memory.

Psychology