A jury must decide whether a defendant, already judged guilty, should receive the death penalty. They are told that the defendant committed the crime after years of physical abuse, a fact that could argue for a sentence less than death. This is an example of a(n) _______________ factor
A. discretionary
B. disparity
C. aggravating
D. mitigating
D
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A. 8 percent B. 15 percent C. 23 percent D. 36 percent
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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c. They cost ten times more than older antipsychotics. d. They offer significant relief from many of the negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
One criticism of Freud’s psychosexual theory was that it __________
A) did not apply to other cultures B) underemphasized the influence of sexual feelings C) compared human development to the evolution of the human species D) offered too narrow a view of important environmental influences