Suppose that 6-year-old Samantha (a girl) is sexually abused. Generalizing from statistics, which of the following people would be most likely to have committed this abuse?
a. Samantha's father
b. Samantha's stepfather
c. Samantha's mother
d. a male neighbor who is gay
b
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Which of the following techniques relies on subtle shifts in blood flow to create a brain scan?
A) Positron emission tomography B) Electroencephalography C) Magnetic resonance imaging D) Electrocardiography
Which part of the brain is implicated in aggression?
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons that Tanford (1980) offered to describe the reluctance of the courts to rely upon empirical research?
A. Judges are conservative and perceive social scientists to be liberal B. Judges are human and it is human nature to be unscientific C. Judges perceive science as a threat to their power and prestige D. Judges already have extensive experience with social science and do not need further assistance
Perceptual constancy reflects the understanding of the perceiver that
a. objects remain the same despite changes in their appearance. b. most objects readily change their shape, but not color. c. our brain is readily fooled by sensory input. d. images can be interpreted in more than one way. e. perceived boundaries are not a function of the stimulus.