Studies using mock juries have shown that detrimental pretrial publicity changes the conviction rate from 45% in a control condition to
A. 49%.
B. 59%.
C. 68%.
D. 82%.
B
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For most severe mental disorders, such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, research has found that adding psychotherapeutic treatments such as social skills training or cognitive behavioural therapy to medication:
A) reduces the effectiveness of treatment compared with medication alone. B) increases the effectiveness of treatment compared with medication alone. C) does not alter treatment effectiveness, and patients report that the psychotherapy is largely a waste of time. D) does not alter treatment effectiveness, but patients report liking the treatment with psychotherapy more than medication alone.
Brendan is one-year-old and has recently suffered a brain injury. Brain specialists tell his parents that:
a. because of Brendan's age, his brain may be able to compensate for injuries due to its plasticity. b. other parts of Brendan's brain will never be able assume the functions lost due to injury. c. Brendan's brain will have greater plasticity once he reaches adolescence. d. due to redundancy of neural connections, Brendan will never recover from the injury.
The general adaptation syndrome is based on the work of __________.
A. Lawrence Frank B. Peter Kubiovsky C. Oliver Sacks D. Hans Selye
The structure in the nucleus of cells—except reproductive cells—that contains paired genes is __________
a) DNA b) a phenotype c) a chromosome d) a nucleotide