How Does the Brawner Rule Differ from the M'Naghten Rule

question 16

Multiple Choice

How does the Brawner rule differ from the M'Naghten rule?

• A)Brawner incorporates an emotional as well as a cognitive determinant of criminal action.
• B)Brawner doesn't require a total lack of appreciation by offenders for their conduct.
• C)Brawner includes a volitional element.
• D)all of the above

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Definitions:

Learned Helplessness

A condition in which a person suffers from a sense of powerlessness, arising from a traumatic event or persistent failure to succeed, believed to be beyond their control.

Passive Resignation

A behavioral response characterized by a willingness to accept or submit to a situation or process without active resistance or protest.

Pessimistic Explanatory Style

A tendency to explain negative events as being inevitable and due to internal, stable, and global factors.

Learned Helplessness

A state where someone feels incapable of controlling their life, often due to a traumatic experience or repeated failures.