What was unusual about the John Hinckley case?
A. He used the not guilty by reason of sanity defense successfully.
B. The public believed that he did not need to pay for his crime.
C. He was successful in pleading the insanity defense.
D. His petitions for release have been consistently denied.
Answer: C
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A. James-Lange theory B. Cannon-Bard theory C. Two-factor theory D. Parasympathetic rebound theory
A study that focuses on the description of the relationship between cognitive development and personality development is an example of
a. a self-report study. b. an observational study. c. an experiment. d. a correlational study
When looking at Fluffy the cat's family tree, Kitka notices that over several generations, owners have deliberately cultivated the characteristic of extremely black fur. This appears to have been accomplished by careful mating combinations in a process called
a. mutation. b. selective breeding. c. chorionic villus biopsy. d. gene therapy.
Psychosocial theory is considered a stage theory because at each stage,
a. failures at each stage prevent an individual from growing and developing to the next stage b. accomplishments from previous stages provide resources for mastering challenges at new stages c. there is no specific direction or order for the stages d. there is no underlying organization for progressive stages