___________ was defined by the U. S. Supreme Court as ". . . sufficient present ability to consult with his [sic] attorney with a reasonable degree of rational understanding and whether he has a rational as well as factual understanding of the proceedings against him."
a. Competency to stand trial
b. Criminal insanity
c. Involuntary commitment
d. Legal intellectual capacity
A
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Heuristics in decision making
a. may become a liability when they are applied inappropriately. b. always lead us to the correct decision. c. are mathematical formulas that precisely predict how people will perform on decision-making tasks. d. are helpful in decision-making situations, but people rarely apply them
A general conclusion that one might draw from the relationship between San bushmen's experiences and their perception of the Müller-Lyer illusion is that
a. past experience and perceptual habits play a role in determining human perception. b. some principles of perception are universal. c. people cannot trust their own senses because they can never provide completely reliable knowledge. d. perception has a more powerful effect on experience than experience on perception.
In partner abuse studies spanning many countries in which people are asked directly, __________
A) rates of assault experienced by men and women are similar B) men are twice as likely as women to experience psychological abuse C) women are twice as likely as men to experience physical abuse D) partner abuse is much higher in other-sex than in same-sex relationships
In Alzheimer's disease, beta-amyloid protein fragments and degenerated axon terminals accumulate in deposits called _____.
a. spongiforms b. senile plaques