What is the distinction between insanity and competency or fitness to stand trial?
a) Insanity is more serious than incompetency.
b) Competency, but not insanity, concerns persons accused of a crime.
c) Someone found competent to stand trial cannot also be found insane.
d) Insanity and competency concern different points in time during which the person's mental state is being questioned.
d
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A) phrenology. B) aphasia. C) hemispherectomy. D) plasticity. E) tomography.
To predict a girl's risk of developing an eating disorder, which is NOT a question that a psychologist should ask?
A) Do you strongly identify with the "thin ideal"? B) Are you depressed? C) Do you care deeply about reducing your food intake? D) Do you earn "A"s and "B"s in your classes?