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Cognitive social psychologists call ready-made categories concerning people ______.

Beck’s cognitive therapy is MOST similar to ______.

For Freud, the personality structure that is completely unconscious is the ______.

A specific need or desire that arouses an organism and directs its behavior toward a goal is known as a(n)

The experience of feelings is known as a(n) ______.

The most influential view of children’s cognitive development is that of ______.

Intensive supervision probation is a highly structured form of community supervision that requires close monitoring of the offender’s activities, often one or more times each day.

At the murder trial of Grapefruit Sampson, the prosecution wants to introduce the testimonial evidence of Kota Kologne.  Kologne will testify he knows that Sampson murdered the victims because Sampson told their friend Al as Sampson and Al were driving down the freeway in Sampson’s Chevy Saurus.  Sampson’s attorney should object on what ground:

The “focal concerns perspective” is a “perceptual shorthand” that may help to explain both (1) some of the discretionary decisions prosecutors make about whether to charge and, if so, what to charge; and (2) some of the discretionary decisions judges make concerning pretrial release or detention, as well as post-conviction sentencing.

A judge imposes a sentence of 15 to 25 years with the possibility of parole.  This is an example of which type of sentence?