The brutalization effect refers to the
A. tendency for a serial killer to increase the extent of torture and sadism in his later crimes
B. conclusion that executions increase the murder rate.
C. awareness by potential murderers that they will be executed and hence they are deterred from crime.
D. nature of the use of the electric chair for execution, in comparison to other, more humane devices, such as lethal injection.
B
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a. memory scale tests like the WMS and Adult Intelligence Scales. b. pre-dementia task orientation and nonverbal subtests. c. simple arithmetic and verbal repetition. d. client self-identification of problems and others' reports.
Intracellular thirst occurs when
a. water and minerals are lost by perspiring. b. bleeding, vomiting, or diarrhea occur. c. alcohol is consumed. d. a salty meal is eaten.
The probability of a sample mean appearing in the distribution of sample means is compared with the ______ in an inferential test.
A. p value B. Cohen's d C. รก level D. critical lregion
A cable television channel is developing a program on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his belief in fairies. At a staff meeting, the producer asks for suggested titles. Which of these titles captures the essence of the story?
a) "In the Dark: Contacting the Dead" b) "Hanging by a Thread: The Story of a Hoax" c) "Revelations from Past Lives through Mythical Figures" d) "Stranger than Fiction: Some Events Cannot Be Explained"