The leading cause of wrongful convictions of defendants in a trial is

a. racial prejudice
b. eyewitness error
c. incompetent legal aid
d. coerced confessions


Answer: B

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Positive symptoms of schizophrenia include

a. flattened emotional response. b. social withdrawal. c. lack of initiative. d. thought disorder. e. inability to feel pleasure.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Current estimates note that the human genome contains about how many genes?

a. about 5,000 b. about 25,000 c. about 85,000 d. over a million

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