Question: Hello please can you read the Selection 3 Mental Disorder and Personal Responsibility on pages 460-467 and help me answer those question? They always give
Hello please can you read the Selection 3 "Mental Disorder and Personal Responsibility" on pages 460-467 and help me answer those question? They always give me the wrong answer. Please read it carefully and help me. PLEASE
1- Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of this selection?
a-The issue of personal responsibility and mental disorder raises difficult questions for society and the criminal justice system.
b- If you do the crime, you have to serve the time.
c-Society needs to understand that mental illness requires treatment just like any other physical illness.
d-People with mental disorders should be given treatment rather than punishment
2- According to this selection,
a-psychologists agree that students who constantly go online do so to deal with the normal problems of their age group.
b-psychologists disagree as to whether spending inordinate amounts of time on the Internet is an actual addiction.
c-previous generations did not suffer from addictions to the same degree as today.
d-eating too much chocolate is an addiction just like a drug addiction.
3- According to this selection, how often is an insanity defense used in criminal cases?
a- in 90% of cases
b- in less than 1% of cases
c- in 14% of cases
d- in more than 5% of cases
4- This selection implies that
a-Andrea Yates is now mentally healthy due to the treatment that she received after her appeal.
b-Andrea Yates might not have killed her children if the conditions of her marriage had been different.
c-Andrea Yates should have remained in prison.
d-Andrea Yates received no mental health care before she murdered her children
5- Information in this selection suggests that which person is likely to receive more sympathy?
a-Andrea Yates
b-a male defendant who is clinically depressed
c-Jared Lee Loughner
d-a female defendant who is clinically depressed
6-Why did the authors include the information about Jared Lee Loughner and Andrea Yates?
a- to criticize the handling of those cases
b-to illustrate the kinds of situations that complicate such cases
c-to cause the reader not to feel sympathy for them
d-to shock the reader with the horrible crimes that they committed
7- Andrea Yates
a-refused to use birth control.
b-had not received psychological evaluation or treatment before she killed her children.
c-enjoyed the challenge of homeschooling her children.
d- suffered a psychotic episode after the birth of her fourth child.
8-Which statement best describes the main point of the last paragraph?
a-Society must protect citizens from harm.
b-People with mental disorders need appropriate care.
c-Everyone faces psychological problems at some time or another
d-Determining the just responsibility of mentally disordered individuals while protecting society is a challenge with no single solution.
9- The selection suggests that
a-charges against a person with brain damage are likely to be dismissed.
b-the charge and punishment can be less severe for a person who has brain damage.
c-a person with brain damage will be treated the same by the courts as a person who has a mental disorder.
d-the handling of defendants with brain damage and mental disor-ders will be the same regardless of where they are tried.
10- The authors main purpose is to
a-come to a conclusion about the personal responsibilities of people with mental disorders.
b-present the issues surrounding the question of mental disorder and responsibility.
c-make a case for reduced sentences for people with mental disorders.
d- stir the emotions of the reader with specific cases.
11-The basis for psychological diagnoses is a document called the DSM
True
False
12- A logical conclusion is that mentally ill defendants often spend more time in a treatment facility than healthy defendants spend in prison because they are not cured and still pose a real threat to others.
True
False
13- The authors point of view is that people with mental disorders should be treated differently by the courts than mentally healthy people.
True
False
14- Jared Lee Loughners trial was delayed because he had been forced to take antipsychotic drugs.
True
False
15- The authors believe that students who use the Internet or other electronic media to avoid their problems have a mental disorder.
True
False
HELP ME PLEASE I WANT THE RIGHT ANSWERS PLEASE!!!
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