Which statement is accurate regarding the term insanity?
a. Insanity is a legal concept, a number of different standards are used as legal tests of insanity.
b. Insanity is a psychological term used to describe severe pathology.
c. Insanity has no psychological or legal meaning, but is used by the media.
d. Insanity is a legal term that is equivalent with a psychological disorder.
Question 2One thing that John Hinckley, James Holmes, and Brian David Mitchell have in common is that they all ____.
a. were committed to a mental institution for treatment
b. were found guilty and convicted to spend time in prison
c. used the insanity defense
d. were judged mentally incompetent to stand trial
Question 3Which statement about criminal commitment is accurate?
a. It refers to the incarceration of someone for having committed a crime.
b. It occurs when people suffering from mental disorders are admitted to a psychiatric hospital against their will.
c. It always requires a hearing to assess competency to stand trial.
d. It leads to incarceration of only those people who are not remorseful for their actions.
Question 4The basic premise of criminal law in the United States suggests that behavior is ____.
a. fundamentally uncontrollable
b. freely chosen
c. a result of genes and our environment
d. a product of both culture and family upbringing
Question 5Which case is correctly matched with the issue it is used to illustrate?
a. Brian David Mitchellinvoluntary commitment
b. Andrea Yatescompetence to stand trial
c. BL (bag lady)determination sanity
d. Tarasofftherapist's obligation to breach confidentiality
Question 6Due to a mental condition, Jonathan seems unable to feed or care for himself. His family wants to put him in a treatment facility against his will. Joanna has told her therapist that she plans to kill her husband. The therapist is contemplating breaching this confidence so that the husband can be warned. Which case involves behavior that has legal and ethical implications?
a. both Jonathan's and Joanna's cases
b. neither Jonathan's nor Joanna's case
c. Joanna's case only
d. Jonathan's case only
Question 7At one time, psychologists were primarily involved in evaluating criminal defendants for competency to stand trial. Now psychologists ____.
a. primarily do evaluations for competency cases that involve the new guilty, but mentally ill defense
b. are forbidden from doing such evaluations
c. evaluate civil defendants for competency to stand
d. aevaluate civil defendants for competency to stand
Question 8How are intellectual disabilities diagnosed and subdivided? What are the principle causes of intellectual disabilities?
What will be an ideal response?
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