What is the risk when investigators use coercive techniques to elicit confessions?

a. The judge will rule the confession inadmissible in court.
b. The jury will not pay attention to the confession.
c. The defendant will get a lighter sentence than otherwise.
d. An innocent person might confess.


d

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a. intrapersonal intelligence b. spatial intelligence c. interpersonal intelligence d. practical intelligence

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Developmental psychology is best defined as the study of

A. children's thought processes and moral reasoning. B. the physical changes that occur in the womb and during the childhood years. C. the social, emotional, moral, and intellectual changes that occur over the course of the life span. D. the influence of genes on the behavior of infants, children, adolescents, and adults.

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If Alberto has anxiety related to a particular dog that is trying to bite him, he would be exhibiting a(n) __________.

A. fear reaction B. phobic reaction C. threat reaction D. overreaction

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Evaluate attachment theory, the convoy model, socioemotional selectivity theory, and evolutionary psychology. What does each theory say about attachment and bonding? Which one do you think is the most effective, and why? Can any of the theories work in conjunction with one another, and why or why not?

What will be an ideal response?

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