You would expect a remorseless, seasoned criminal to score highly on which scale of the MMPI?
a. Paranoia
b. Psychopathic deviation
c. Psychasthenia
d. Social introversion
Answer: b. Psychopathic deviation
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Professor White is writing a book to describe the mental hospitals of the late 1800s. Knowing what you do about that era, what title would you recommend to Professor White for her book?
A. Using Behavior Therapy in Mental Hospitals of the Late 1800s B. Bloodletting as the Preferred Treatment in Mental Hospitals C. Treatment for Mentally Disturbed Patients in the Late 1800s: Pleasant Settings D. Snake Pits: "Caring" for the Mentally Ill in the Late 1800s
What is notable about the 2003 Supreme Court decision in Sell v. United States?
a. It ruled that criminal defendants with mental illness may be involuntarily medicated if they pose a danger to self or others. b. It ruled that criminal defendants with mental illness may be involuntarily medicated for the purpose of making them competent to stand trial. c. It ruled that criminal defendants with mental illness may be involuntarily medicated if it is in their own best interests. d. more than one of the above
On your way to class you see a homeless man asking for spare change. You reach into your pocket and give him a few quarters because you feel that if you don't give him your change you will probably experience guilt for the rest of the day. You are acting according to the __________ theory of altruism.
A. evolutionary B. arousal: cost-reward C. empathy-altruism D. bystander-effect
According to _____________, perception does not depend upon mental inference; it involves the picking up of information that exists in the immediate environment and can be known as it actually is.
a. direct inference b. unconscious inference c. direct realism d. unconscious perception