A man who had delusions and hallucinations that told him to kill his parents is found not guilty by reason of insanity because, at the time of the crime, he did not know right from wrong. This insanity verdict ____
a. is no longer possible in the United States
b. is contradictory to the American Law Institute code
c. illustrates the irresistible impulse idea
d. illustrates the M'Naghten Rule
D
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Which of the following changes in sexual responsiveness is likely to occur in middle adulthood?
a. Certain diseases and medications may interfere with men's ability to have an erection. b. Orgasm is no longer pleasurable. c. After menopause, women can no longer have sexual intercourse. d. Men no longer produce sperm.
Why is a genetic explanation for altruism problematic? a. Only non-human animals exhibit altruistic behaviors
b. Altruistic behaviors rarely benefit the individual performing them. c. Altruism is more common among the young than among adults. d. No behavior has been linked to any genes.
At a basic level, when deciding whether a sample is representative of a particular population, we
a. make the decision based on intuition. b. are also deciding whether the population is the one we should be testing. c. decide against low-probability events in favor of high-probability events. d. go for the long shot and decide against high-probability events.
In general, adolescents and emerging adults in industrialized societies are ____
a. more religious than their counterparts in developed nations b. less religious than their counterparts in developed nations c. more religious than their counterparts in traditional cultures d. less religious than their counterparts in traditional cultures