Which instrument to assess competency uses hypothetical situations, in order to measure the defendant's understanding?
A. Hare Revised Psychopathy Checklist
B. Competence Assessment Instrument
C. Georgia Court Competency Test
D. MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Criminal Adjudication
D
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a. changes in a single domain-general mechanism. b. changes in a series of domain-specific mechanisms. c. changes applied simultaneously to all domains. d. changes that occur repeatedly in the same domains.
Laws regulating the areas in which people may smoke cigarettes illustrate the conflict between individual rights and public safety
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Developmental psychologists are trying to evaluate different explanations for the effects of poor parenting on behavior problems in children. One important scientific thinking principle that the psychologists should keep in mind is to
A) rule out rival hypotheses using additional research. B) accept the most popular explanation even if it competes with other explanations. C) accept only those explanations which are unfalsifiable. D) develop their own explanation and exclude all others.
Which of the following statements is a conclusion that can be drawn from the Stanford Prison Experiment?
A. Male guards should not be put in charge of female inmates. B. The prison environment causes people to act in ways that they would not otherwise. C. Funding for rehabilitative programs is inadequate. D. Longer periods of training tend to produce better correctional officers.