According to Chapter 13, jurors place considerable weight on ________________ when determining verdicts in civil trials
A. a plaintiff's appearance
B. pretrial publicity
C. the severity of the plaintiff's injury
D. the plaintiff's background
C
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The Comstock Act of 1873: a. Allowed people access to contraception if they were married. b. Outlawed the mailing of articles on contraception
c. Outlawed prostitution. d. Made homosexual relations among consenting adults legal.
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a. mental disease. b. mental defect c. both a and b d. neither a nor b
Using your bedroom for sleeping (instead of for studying, paying bills, etc.) is an example of the use of which of the following methods for combating combat insomnia?
a. sleep restriction b. relaxation c. stimulus control d. paradoxical intention