When lawyers for a woman who was accused of killing a neighbor focused on her mental state upon learning that the neighbor had, himself, raped and murdered her three year-old daughter, they were invoking _____
a. involuntary commitment c. diminished capacity
b. incompetence to stand trial d. least restrictive environment
C
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Research by Vons and colleagues (2006) demonstrates the effects of leading participants to think about money. What is not one of those effects?
a. People tend to prefer to work alone as opposed to in groups. b. People tend to fail to ask for help with a problem they are having trouble solving. c. People tend to encroach on the personal space of other people. d. d. People tend to offer less help to others who are clearly in need of assistance. People tend to offer less help to others who are clearly in need of assistance.
The behavioral therapy that uses counterconditioning to replace negative learned associations with something relaxing and pleasurable is:
a. systematic desensitization b. aversion therapy c. use of a token economy d. observational learning
____ are the basic sounds of spoken language
a. Kinetic cues b. Reinforcers c. Otitis medias d. Phonemes
Behavior that is intended to harm others is called
a. rough-and-tumble play. b. socially expressive reactivity. c. physical defensiveness. d. aggression.