Which of the Following Statements Is True of the Death

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of the death penalty?

• A)States with a death penalty have lower homicide rates.
• B)Homicide rates have not dropped when states initiate the death penalty.
• C)Most people pause to calculate the consequences when committing a crime of passion in a state with the death penalty.
• D)The death penalty is applied consistently in all states.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that was neutral at first but becomes associated with an unconditioned stimulus to trigger a conditioned response after conditioning.

Generalization

A process in learning where the response is to spread from one specific stimulus to other stimuli that resemble the original.

Acquisition

The process of learning or gaining knowledge, skills, or responses through study, experience, or teaching.

Generalization

A principle in psychology that refers to the tendency to apply learned responses to similar stimuli beyond the original conditions of learning.