In Which Cases Would It Be Fair to Punish Individuals

question 16

Multiple Choice

In which cases would it be fair to punish individuals who do not consciously engage in criminal activity?

• A) when there are aggravating circumstances
• B) never
• C) when dealing with white collar criminals
• D) only when the charge is capital murder

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Definitions:

Proactive Interference

The phenomenon where previously learned information interferes with the recall of newly learned information.

Nonsense Syllables

Sequences of letters without meaning, used in memory and learning experiments to study the mental processes involved in remembering.

Ebbinghaus

Hermann Ebbinghaus, a psychologist known for his pioneering studies on memory and the forgetting curve, illustrating how memory retention diminishes over time.

Cued Recall Task

A memory task where a participant is given prompts or cues to aid the retrieval of a specific piece of information from memory.