Which of the following goals of punishment would be considered part of a retributive approach?

A. Moral outrage
B. Rehabilitation
C. General deterrence
D. Individual deterrence


Answer: A

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A. physically; drug withdrawal B. physically; learned expectations C. psychologically; drug withdrawal D. psychologically; learned expectations

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After seeing a friend of yours being uncharacteristically quiet, you decide that your friend must be depressed

You later find out that your friend is not depressed but sleepy from staying up all night working on a term paper. You made this error because you failed to distinguish between observation and inference. Indicate whether this statement is true or false

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Nadia and Sasha are friends who are acting out a skit and pretending to be superheroes. Nadia pretends to transform into a lion and Sasha pretends to transform into an icicle. These toddlers are engaging in what type of play?

A. solitary play B. parallel play C. simple social play D. cooperative pretend play

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One criticism of theories from Bandura and Skinner is that they place too little focus on ________ and too much focus on ________.

a. nature; nurture b. reward; punishment c. nurture; nature d. punishment; reward

Psychology