The next offender to come before you is a doctor who has been found guilty of writing fraudulent prescriptions. Part of his sentence will be a loss of his medical license for one year. Because you intend for his loss of license to mean he will be prevented from committing this same crime again, at least for a year, your sentence is an attempt at:
A. general deterrence.
B. retribution.
C. rehabilitation.
D. incapacitation.
Answer: D
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a. autocratic b. laissez-faire c. democratic d. leaderless
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a. social negative reinforcement b. automatic positive reinforcement c. social positive reinforcement d. automatic negative reinforcement
The conceptual model that originated in observational studies of real-life settings in "Midwest", a small Kansas town
a. environmental psychology b. social climate scales c. ecological psychology and behavior settings d. social regularities
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A. cognitive dissonance B. rationalization trap C. self-justification D. sufficient justification