The Sexually Violent Predator Act allows for the involuntary commitment of offenders suffering from a "mental abnormality" that would make them likely to commit predatory acts of sexual violence. Leroy Hendricks challenged this Act claiming that
A. it violated the double jeopardy clause of the Constitution.
B. it violated the ex post facto clause of the Constitution.
C. it violated the hearsay clause of the Constitution.
D. A and B
D
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A researcher computes a within-subjects ANOVA. Which of the following describes a research situation in which this test is used to analyze the data?
A. A social psychologist compares measures of social loafing among traditional and nontraditional college students. B. A college professor compares the final exam grades of students in three separate sections of a research methods class. C. A biopsychologist tests the time course for the release of a neurohormone before, during, and after a task that is thought to cause the hormone's release. D. A sports psychologist compares mental function scores in a sample of athletes from four different sports.
"You don't know what she thinks, but you know how she acts." This statement characterizes which approach?
A) psychoanalysis B) humanism C) behaviourism D) Gestalt
_____ significance in an efficacy or effectiveness study refers to a numerically significant difference between two groups. It is measured quantitatively.
A. Statistical B. Clinical C. Theoretical D. Control
An eight-year-old child is short in stature and has a webbed neck, eyelid folds, and a shieldlike chest. This child's medical records indicate the presence of a chromosomal abnormality. What diagnosis will you find on the child's chart at the clinic?
a) Turner syndrome b) savant syndrome c) Klinefelter's syndrome d) XYY chromosomal pattern