In Atkins v. Virginia (2002), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that executing _______________ is "cruel and unusual punishment."
A. the mentally retarded
B. minors
C. the mentally insane
D. the terminally ill
A
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a. opening through which light enters the eye b. part of the eye that adjusts its shape to view objects at varying distances c. transparent covering at the front of the eye d. part of the eye that contains the photoreceptors e. structure responsible for peripheral vision
Humanistic therapies are based on the assumption that psychological disorders primarily result from:
a. irrational beliefs and negative thoughts b. unconscious impulses and memories c. an individual's poor self-concept and general lack of self-worth d. unwanted or maladaptive behaviors
Humanism developed, in part, as a reaction against which two perspectives?
A) the cognitive and learning perspectives B) the behaviorist and psychoanalytic perspectives C) the sociocultural and cognitive perspectives D) the biological and behaviorist perspectives
The brainstem contains the
A. hindbrain only. B. midbrain only. C. hindbrain and midbrain. D. hindbrain, midbrain, and forebrain.