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
Answer: D
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a. fundamental attribution error c. self-serving bias b. actor-observer effect d. whiner effect
Damage at the junction of the parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes is typical in cases of a. transcortical motor aphasia
b. Broca's aphasia. c. transcortical sensory aphasia. d. conduction aphasia.
The existentialists accuse Freud of:
a. creating an oversimplified, reductionist view of human personality b. overemphasizing competition in his view of human personality c. creating a theory of human personality which is too complex d. placing too much emphasis on mature love and ignoring more selfish forms of love relationships
The needs of schoolchildren with mild to moderate disabilities are addressed with ____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word