In U.S. v. Scheffer, what was the ruling with regard to polygraph evidence?
A. The results were ruled admissible only for the defense.
B. The results were ruled admissible only for the prosecution.
C. The results were ruled inadmissible because of their unreliability.
D. The results were ruled inadmissible because of police misconduct.
C
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a. ?The client b. ?The attention to unconscious processes c. ?A theory about the causes of the client's problems d. ?A procedure for dealing with client's problems
When a child is rewarded for stating a particular view, her or his attitude about that object or concept is influenced. This shows the importance of __________ in attitude formation.
A. operant conditioning B. the mere-exposure effect C. observational learning D. classical conditioning
A speech act such as “I promise to study my psychology textbook tonight” is called a(n) ______.
a. assertive b. directive c. commissive d. expressive
Melissa has a tendency to categorize everything that happens to her as being either terrible or wonderful, with nothing in between. Melissa engages in which cognitive distortion?
a) Dichotomous thinking b) Minimization c) Personalization d) Selective abstraction