After John W. Hinckley, Jr. was acquitted of attempting to assassinate President Reagan on the basis of his plea of "not guilty by reason of insanity," ____
a. Congress passed the Insanity Reform Act of 1984, which based the definition of insanity on the individual's ability to understand his or her actions
b. the American Law Institute wrote the Model Penal Code, which shifted the burden of determining criminal responsibility from experts to the jury
c. the American Law Institute amended its Model Penal Code to include the concept of diminished capacity
d. the federal courts amended the insanity laws to place a greater burden on the defendant to prove insanity in assassination cases that involve political figures
a
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a. imprinting within critical periods b. contact comfort c. attention and acceptance d. food
For the past two years, Regis has been working as an engineer. He enjoys the work and identifies himself as an engineer when people ask him what he does for a living. It is most likely that Regis is in the ____ phase of career development
a. ?establishment b. ?exploration c. ?maintenance d. ?retirement
Generalizing from the text, you should expect that neuroscientists would be most likely to argue that the volatile emotions that sometimes characterize adolescent behavior can be traced to the effect of hormones on:
a. the gonads b. the frontal cortex of the brain c. the amygdala d. the pituitary gland
Research shows that being aware of nonverbal communication and specific "tells" can make it easy to know when someone is lying.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)