An attorney says, "My client has a mental disorder that made it impossible, at the time of the crime, to have intended to do harm. Because of this, he is not legally responsible for his actions." The attorney is arguing for
a. involuntary commitment.
b. the Tarasoff principle.
c. deinstitutionalization of his client.
d. an insanity defense.
d. an insanity defense.
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When he became a grandfather, Lorne retained his masculine traits but also became more nurturing and learned to cook. This best exemplifies the concept of
a. gender segregation. b. parental imperative. c. androgyny shift. d. double standard.
Juan has his corpus callosum severed to prevent whole-brain seizures. Now, he sits in front of a screen and stares at a dot in the middle, while simple visual stimuli are flashed briefly to the left and right of the dot. What will Juan be able to do with this stimuli??
a. ?Juan will be able to name stimuli on the left, but not on the right. b. ?Juan will be able to name stimuli on the right, but not on the left. c. ?Juan will not be able to name any of the stimuli. d. ?Juan will be able to name all of the stimuli.
The text lists important Puerto Rican cultural values. Which of the following is NOT one of these values?
A) A need for personal respect and dignity B) A belief in male superiority C) The belief that one's destiny or fate cannot be changed D) A freedom from hierarchies
The psychoanalytic model holds that abnormal behavior is the result of ________
a. learning b. biochemical imbalances c. unconscious conflicts d. biology