A student reads a study that finds that female students are more likely to cheat on exams than male students. From this, he concludes that women’s colleges will have high levels of cheating. This is an example of:
a. A nomothetic explanation
b. An idiographic explanation
c. Reductionism
d. An ecological fallacy
c. Reductionism
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Consider the authors' argument that a college education is important for all police officers. Discuss how the theory of the classroom can be applied to the practical realities of life on the street. What do you think of the axiom that a college education is not necessary because "you can't learn police work from a book"?
What will be an ideal response?
Which prison was labeled as the Gladiator School because of its high levels of violence?
a. the California Institution for Men b. Attica prison c. Penitentiary of New Mexico d. the Idaho Correctional Center
The most severe form of child neglect is:
A) gross inaction. B) momentary inattention. C) lack of knowledge. D) repeated inattention.