Directions: Apply the Knowledge You Have Gained from Chapter 12

Multiple Choice

Directions: Apply the knowledge you have gained from Chapter 12 to select the best answer to the questions about the following reading passages.
​ Suppose you are a member of your college's student judicial board and are currently hearing a case involving plagiarism. The student handbook states that plagiarism is a serious offense that results in expulsion. The student accused of plagiarizing a paper admits copying from Wikipedia but says that she has never been told that she needed to use a formal citation and quotation marks. Should you vote to expel the student?
-adapted from Kail and Cavanaugh, Human Development: A Life-Span View , 5^th ed., p. 37
​ What kind of evidence is the student handbook?

A) statistic
B) expert testimony
C) fact
D) prediction