What legal ruling established that defendants can be acquitted of a crime if it is proven that during the act of the crime the individual did not know the nature of his or her actions or did not know that what he or she was doing was wrong?
a. The American Law Institute's Model Penal Code
b. the Durham Rule
c. the M'Naghten Rule
d. irresistible impulse
c
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A. Yes-about 80% have high susceptibility B. Yes-about 99% have high susceptibility C. No-there are not enough high-quality hypnotists D. No-only about 10-15% have high susceptibility
When the individual elements of a stimulus determine your perception of that stimulus, you are using:
a. top-down processing b. bottom-up processing c. figure-to-ground processing d. opponent processing
Alan is an adopted child who lives with three siblings, all biological children of his adoptive parents. Alan's math skills are far better than those of his adoptive parents or his adoptive siblings. This provides evidence that
shared familial influences play a far bigger role than was previously believed. genes may have a stronger effect than familial environment on some abilities. much less of the environmental effects on personality come from outside the family than was previously believed. Alan's own initiative to excel is greater than that of his adoptive family
Immigrants and children of immigrants experience a unique shift in the ecological system
and developmental niche, influencing their socialization in relation to their culture of origin and their new culture. Overall, the socialized values of second-generation immigrants most closely resemble the values of a. the same generation of non-immigrants in their new culture. b. first generation immigrants (theirparents) in their new culture. c. the same generation in their original culture. d. the previous generation of non-immigrants.