Believing that all the students at a university have high IQ because five students surveyed have high IQs is called ______.

a. bias
b. sampling error
c. reductionism
d. ecological fallacy


c. reductionism

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A hate crime is one that is motivated by an offender's bias against:

a. Race or religion c. Gender or age b. Disability or sexual orientation d. All of the above

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Which of the following is a federal statute used to prosecute street gangs?

a. RICO b. CCE c. Both a and b d. None of the above

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In order to create a sense of vulnerability in the general population, Zealots attacked their victims, usually political or religious figures

a. after they made a definitive stance to oppose the Zealots. b. in open, highly populated public places. c. and the relatives or close friends of their targets. d. scattering the remains of their victims for everyone to see.

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Evidence of prior sexual conduct of a victim is often not admissible in a trial by the defendant. This prohibition is called:

a. rape trauma syndrome laws. b. rape sodomy doctrine laws. c. sodomy shield laws. d. rape shield law.

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