Based on this excerpt, there are several different arguments to be made against mandatory minimum sentencing laws. These include:
1) Limits the judges ability to take into account unique circumstances- As it discusses in the excerpt, mandatory minimums leave the judges powerless in the sense that they cannot give a shorter sentence than the federally prescribed amount of years. Even if a judge wants to have a shorter sentence for a first time or second time offender of a non violent crime, he/she does not have the legal ability to do so.
2) Money- Mandatory minimums ensure that individuals are kept in the prison system for a significant amount of time. Considering that prisons are funded by tax payer money, this shows that this type of mandatory minimum policy we have right now will result in a lot of taxpayer money going towards jails rather than other areas of society.
The correct answer is the belief perseverance phenomenon.
As the name itself says, this phenomenon has to do with a particular belief sticking with you even though it was originally based on faulty assumptions. So, Andre thought that his missing wallet was stolen by his roommate - and even though he later found out that wasn't the case, still the distrust of his roommate remained, even though it is irrational.
Answer: "mania" ; or, "manic episodes".
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The correct answer is reinforced
Sometimes, a behavior can not always be reinforced. Positive reinforcement negative reinforcement. In both cases, the goal is always to reinforce the behavior and increase the likelihood of it occurring again in the future. In real-world contexts, behaviors are unlikely to be reinforced each time they occur.
Behavior tends to repeat itself if reinforced and depends on learning.
