An attorney says this to a judge in a civil commitment case: "Your honor, the Supreme Court in 1979 ruled that we cannot deny people their liberty by committing them to mental institutions involuntarily unless we have 'clear and convincing evidence' that they are mentally ill and potentially dangerous." To what Supreme Court ruling is the attorney referring?
a. Addington v. Texas
b. Tarasoff v. Board of Regents of the University of California
c. Wyatt v. Stickney
d. Jackson v. Indiana
A
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a. true b. false
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The belief that an act will produce a particular outcome and the personal desirability of the outcome merge to form an attitude (a personal orientation to the act). The belief that other people want you to do the act and the desire to go along with their wishes merge to form a?
A. objective norm. B. biased norm. C. social norm. D. subjective norm.
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