On February 1, 2007, a Landmark Decision Was Made by the Supreme

question 98

Multiple Choice

On February 1, 2007, a landmark decision was made by the Supreme Court of Canada, which stated that:

• A)The insanity plea will no longer be accepted for cases of childhood sexual abuse perpetrators.
• B)Hypnosis cannot be used to enhance the memories of witnesses.
• C)Hypnosis can be used only in recovering memories of childhood sexual abuse.
• D)Memory enhancement evidence can be derived from experimental hypnosis but not from psychotherapy.

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Definitions:

Egocentrism

The cognitive inability to understand or assume any perspective other than one's own, often experienced by children during early development stages.

Three Mountains

A task developed in Piaget’s developmental theory to assess children's ability to understand and appreciate different perspectives.

Irreversible Thinking

Characterizes a cognitive limitation where an individual is unable to understand that certain processes can be reversed to their original condition.

Conservation

The cognitive ability to understand that certain properties of objects or substances remain the same even when their appearance changes.