The Insanity Defense

question 11

Multiple Choice

The insanity defense:

• A) is often supported by the general public.
• B) is one of the most well-accepted applications of psychology to the law.
• C) has increasingly become the defense for battered and abused women.
• D) is commonly used, with more than 50 percent of all defendants in felony cases pleading insanity.

---

Definitions:

Daughter Cell

A cell that results from the division of a single parent cell, usually having the same genetic material as the parent cell.

Meiosis II

The second division of meiosis in which sister chromatids separate, ultimately resulting in four haploid cells from the original diploid cell.

Chromosome Number

The total number of chromosomes present in the nucleus of a cell, characteristic of each species.

Daughter Cell

A cell that results from the division of a single parent cell, inheriting the genetic material of the parent.