A jury is convinced by a woman's lawyer that when she killed her husband, she did not understand what she was doing was legally or morally wrong because she suffered from a "mental disease.". The lawyer has made a convincing argument she was:
a. dysfunctional
b. deviant
c. insane
d. incompetent
C
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a. predictable and uncontrollable b. unpredictable and uncontrollable c. predictable and controllable d. unpredictable and ambiguous e. unpredictable and controllable
Ruth is an older adult. She does not eat well, sometimes even forgetting a meal altogether. She also does not drink enough liquids and was recently in the emergency room for dehydration. She has begun to demonstrate symptoms of dementia. Ruth's doctor identified that she was vitamin B12 deficient because of certain medications she was taking. What form of dementia does Ruth most likely have?
A. Alzheimer's disease B. reversible dementia C. Parkinson's disease D. vascular dementia
You agree to be a participant in research involving Zener cards. After the testing session is over, you are told that you were able to guess correctly on 20% of the trials. What will the researcher say to you before you leave?
a) "Your guesses were at chance level." b) "Your guesses were actually below chance." c) "Please come back because very few people achieve that level of guessing." d) "Paranormal ability is common and you scored at the level we expect of most people who have above average but not extraordinary ability."
During a therapy session, a clinical therapist asks his client questions such as, "How well do you get along with your family?," "After Joe said that to you, what did you do?" and "How did it make you feel when Marcy said that to you?" Given the above questions, which theoretical approach to personality do you think this therapist favors?
A. Psychoanalytic B. Trait C. Social cognitive D. Humanistic