Which of the Following Is NOT a Basic Element of Corpus

question 9

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a basic element of corpus delicti?

• A) actus reus
• B) mens rea
• C) mala in se
• D) concurrence

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanisms

Devices the ego uses to keep threatening material out of awareness and thereby reduce or avoid anxiety.

Neurotic Anxiety

A form of anxiety resulting from an unconscious fear that the ego's control over unacceptable impulses of the id will fail, leading to punishment for inappropriate thoughts or behaviors.

Unconscious

In Freud’s topographic model, the part of personality that contains material that cannot easily be brought into awareness.

Implicit Punishments

Penalties for undesirable behavior that are not directly expressed or are implied, affecting behavior modification subtly.