| Term | Definition |
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Psychology |
The scientific study of the behavior of organisms |
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diminished capacity plea |
If one commits murder under certain circumstances (drugs, alcohol, allergic reaction), one only is charged w/partial insanity |
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independent variable |
The independent variable is the one that is changed by the scientist.; the method |
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dependent variable |
The scientist focuses his or her observations on the dependent variable to see how it responds to the change made to the independent variable; the results |