Which of the following best describe "cruel and unusual punishment"? (choose all that apply) a.
A businesswoman sentenced to a 35-year prison term for forging checks amounting to $1000.

b.
A homeless alcoholic criminally prosecuted for being drunk in public.

c.
A fourteen-year-old boy sentenced to two years in prison for shoplifting $20-worth of canned goods from a grocery store.

d.
A gang member sentenced to life in prison without parole for kidnapping for ransom and inflicting physical injuries to the victim.

Which of the following scenarios illustrates the error in thinking known as overconfidence? choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. over the years, about 45 percent of the students in dr. hunt's introductory psychology course have correctly predicted their major, but their confidence in this prediction has been about 75 percent on average. maria was afraid she would fail her introductory psychology midterm. when she got an a, she convinced herself that she had known all along she would do well on the exam. over the years, about 45 percent of the students in dr. hunt's introductory psychology course have correctly predicted their major, and their confidence in this prediction has also been about 45 percent on average. five students in dr. hunt's introductory psychology course were unwilling to predict major because they were afraid of making an incorrect prediction.

Many of these mythological stories were filled with violence. why do you think this is?

Two types of survey questions are open questions and closed questions. an open question allows for any kind of response; a closed question allows for only a fixed response. an open question and a closed question with its possible choices are given below. list the advantages and disadvantages of each question. open question: what can be done to get students to eat healthier foods? closed question: how would you get students to eat healthier foods? 1. mandatory nutrition course 2. offer only healthy foods in the cafeteria and remove unhealthy foods 3. offer more healthy foods in the cafeteria and raise the prices on unhealthy foods what are the advantages of an open question?