Critical Thinking: After Drinking a Six-Pack of Beer with Friends on Halloween

question 66

Multiple Choice

Critical Thinking:
After drinking a six-pack of beer with friends on Halloween night, Taylor Brady is seen throwing rocks at a car belonging to Carson Pullman, a neighbor with whom Brady has had disagreements in the past. The police are called to the scene and, after questioning Brady and several witnesses, take Brady into custody. At the station house, they administer a blood alcohol test, which indicates that Brady's blood alcohol level is .09%. Taylor is charged with public intoxication.
-In this case, a sentence of probation might involve the condition that Taylor:

• A) perform specific deterrence
• B) be incarcerated in the state penitentiary
• C) make restitution
• D) engage in plea bargaining

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Definitions:

Hypothesis

A suggested rationale for an occurrence, offered as an initial basis for more detailed exploration.

Theory

An abstract set of ideas or principles that explains phenomena or aspects of the natural or social world.

Radical Behaviorists

Psychologists who follow a doctrine emphasizing the external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given situation, largely ignoring internal processes like cognition.

Behavioral Observations

The method of studying subjects' actions in their natural settings without intervention.