Ans: d. establishing the insanity defense
The case of Daniel M'Naghten is known for:
a. greater funding of mental institutions
b. revising DSM criteria for schizophrenia
c. the Rorschach Malingering Detection Test (RMDT)
d. establishing the insanity defense
Psychology
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a. Brain circuitry cannot be significantly changed by outside experiences. b. Incoming information scatters all over the brain and converges again as it goes out through the spinal cord to muscles and glands. c. The brain is a vast information-processing system that keeps track of the external world and responds to current needs. d. The brain regulates its own behavior and creates the "mind" and the magic of consciousness.
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Professor Xing tells his class that evolution enabled humans to develop language because _____.
A. we evolved it as a specialization B. we use fewer gestures than other primates C. we have the largest brains D. we have the most highly developed corpus callosum
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Based on their research, some scientists believe that ________
a. adolescents who commit violent crimes should be tried as adults because their cognitive abilities and moral reasoning abilities are like those of an adult. b. full neurological and cognitive maturity often does not occur until about age 25, and many teenagers who commit crimes should be considered "less guilty by reason of adolescence." c. the human brain is fully developed around 10 years of age, so the risky, dumb, or criminal things adolescents do should be blamed entirely on hormonal changes. d. adolescents should be considered as adults in the eyes of the law as soon as they have completed puberty, because physically they are adults at that point.
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According to Seligman and Peterson, the human strength of "justice" is expressed by the positive traits of
a. love, kindness, and social intelligence. b. persistence, integrity, and vitality. c. fairness, leadership, and citizenship. d. forgiveness, humility, prudence, and self-control.
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