Case 9-2 Ted Was Arrested and Charged with the First Degree Murder

question 31

Multiple Choice

Case 9-2
Ted was arrested and charged with the first degree murder of Susan. Ted and Susan were coworkers at a local bar where Ted was the busboy and Susan was a waitress. The prosecutors believed there was convincing evidence that Ted was obsessed with Susan and when she rejected him, he raped and then strangled her. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
-If the jury votes to convict Ted and sentence him to death, which would be the most likely method of execution?

• A) electric chair
• B) gas chamber
• C) hanging
• D) lethal injection

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Definitions:

Punishment

The imposition of a penalty as a response to an undesirable behavior or action, aimed at reducing or eliminating that behavior.

Operant Conditioning

is a learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process in psychology where an automatic conditioned response is paired with a specific stimulus, originally discovered by Ivan Pavlov.

Law of Effect

A psychological principle stating that behaviors followed by positive outcomes are likely to be repeated, while those followed by negative outcomes are less likely to be repeated.