One Widely Used Rule to Determine Whether an Individual Accused

question 190

Multiple Choice

One widely used rule to determine whether an individual accused of a crime qualifies as insane is if the individual

• A)is dangerous to him- or herself or others.
• B)has a mental disorder that makes the individual unable to distinguish right from wrong.
• C)has a diagnosed psychological disorder.
• D)has been hospitalized for a psychological disorder.

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Definitions:

Learning Behaviors

Actions or processes through which individuals acquire new knowledge, skills, values, or preferences.

Instinctive Drift

The tendency of an animal to revert to instinctive behaviors that interfere with the conditioned response training.

Classical Conditioning

A training process resulting from the connection between a stimulus present in the environment and one that occurs naturally.

Partial Reinforcement

A conditioning strategy where only a portion of responses are reinforced, making the learned behavior more resistant to extinction.