When we rely on authority to get information about the world around us, which of the following is most likely?
a. the resulting information is always correct
b. the information can both help inquiry and hinder it
c. the resulting information is always wrong
d. you can never know if the information you gather is correct
b
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This Supreme Court case is generally considered to have influenced the four standards of mental health care within jails and prisons.
a. Vitek v. Jones (1980) b. Turner v. Safley (1987) c. Ruiz v. Estelle (1980) d. Glover v. Johnson (1988)
Of the several crimes committed by Joe, he would be guilty of mail fraud because he
a. sent phony filing fee bills through the mail b. bank fraud because he deposited his ill-begotten gains in a bank c. wire fraud because he laundered his money d. interstate fraud because he crossed over state lines when committing his crimes
In general, how has the Supreme Court ruled on the issue of parental consent for minors seeking an abortion?
A. It has upheld most requirements of parental consent. B. It has deemed most requirements of parental consent unconstitutional. C. It has allowed doctors to determine if parents should be notified. D. It has yet to hear a case on the issue.
During an interrogation, an FBI agent tries to scare a suspect into making a confession by saying "You know, they have this new type of lie detector that can measure activity in different regions of the brain to determine whether a person is lying or telling the truth." What technology is the agent referring to?
a. fMRI b. Computer Voice Stress Analyzer c. polygraph d. two-photon imaging