Wiener and his colleagues (2004) found that modifying the sentencing instructions (e.g., simplifying the language) in a capital murder trial simulation helped jurors make decisions in this type of case.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

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What statement below does Margaret Mead's famous discussion about the Tchambuli tribe of New Guinea provide support for? a. Human culture can transcend biology

b. Some traits are innate among males and females and not likely to change. c. Male traits are more likely to be biologically based. d. Female traits are more likely to be biologically based.

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The existentialists maintain that Freud's emphasis on the use of objective techniques to study behavior:

a. limited the range of phenomena that he studied b. helped him to develop a complete and precise theory of human behavior c. helped him to develop a theory that was highly stimulating to other investigators d. helped him to develop a simple but elegant theory of personality

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Many early studies have suggested that women are more likely to conform than men

This sex difference may have been due to the experimenters being all male. Later studies found these differences had vanished when the studies were conducted by female experimenters. Which of the six principles does this example demonstrate? A) Extraordinary claims B) Replicability C) Occam's Razor D) Ruling out rival hypotheses

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The electrical charge of the neuron during its action potential is __________, while the electrical charge of the neuron during its resting potential is __________

a. positive; negative b. positive; neutral c. negative; neutral d. negative; positive

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