What fallacy happens when investigators try to apply a simple "yes or no" answer to a complex question?
a. Bifurcation
b. Generalization
c. False Linkage
d. Inductive reasoning
Answer: a
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When choices are abundant, the individual may develop a sense of helplessness and discontinue responding until a choice is made for them
a. True b. False
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. If a researcher is interested in examining graffiti artists in their natural environment in attempt to understand the subculture of graffiti artists and the meanings behind their work, a content analysis approach would be best for this research. 2. A systematic approach to extracting and coding themes is harmful to the process of a content analysis. 3. Content analysis has a long history in the study of deviance and deviant behavior. 4. The latest research shows that the Drug Awareness Resistance Education (DARE) program is effective in reducing youth use of substances.
Because statutes are necessarily written in general language, legislation often requires judicial _____________
a. extrapolation b. interpretation c. modification d. specification
A person who mistakenly picks up another’s identical luggage at the airport carousel under the honest and reasonable belief that it is his own is
(a) guilty of theft by false pretenses. (b) guilty of theft because of a mistake of law. (c) not guilty of theft because of a mistake of law, negating intent. (d) not guilty of theft because of a mistake of fact, negating intent.