Which of the following is most likely to result in an individual being ruled incompetent to stand trial?
a. The accused is diagnosed with a psychotic disorder.
b. The crime was so abhorrent that a trial is not necessary.
c. The accused does not have enough money for a lawyer.
d. The accused is unable to communicate with counsel because of brain damage.
Answer: d.
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a. when medical journals contain many articles about a particular disease, physicians are likely to believe that it is easily curable. b. estimates for a country's population are distorted by the frequency with which the country is mentioned in the news. c. more recent events tend to be given relatively little weight in making frequency estimates, compared with events that occurred long ago. d. people almost always select answers that are consistent with deductive reasoning.
Which of these illustrates an unconditioned stimulus (UCS)?
a) your favorite song b) a puff of air to your eye c) blinking when air is blown into your eye d) blinking when you hear your favorite song