In Whalen v. United States (1965), the court ruled that
A. defendants can be made to plead insanity against their will.
B. defendants can be made to take medication against their will.
C. defendants must be competent to be executed.
D. defendants must be competent to stand trial.
A
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When using punishment in a self-modification program, you should
a. make the punishment fairly severe. b. increase the intensity of the punishment over time. c. get a friend or family member to administer the punishment. d. make sure you have the opportunity to earn some reinforcers, too.
In a Fixed Interval schedule, a reinforcer is delivered after a period of time has elapsed
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What is the main advantage of experimentation over correlation in determining causal relationships?
A) Experimentation offers the possibility of controlling for all potential third variables at once. B) Experimentation involves multiple variables, whereas correlation involves only two variables. C) Experimentation systematically controls third variables one at a time, in sequence. D) Experimentation uses the matched pairs and matched samples techniques to control for specific third variables.
Irving Biederman's recognition by components theory helps to explain how people can successfully:
a. recognize objects they have never seen before b. overcome visual illusions c. perceive depth using only monocular cues d. identify degraded or incomplete objects