Exam 9: Psychosocial Theories: Individual Traits and Criminal Behavior

Operant conditioning is active and depends on the actor's behavior while classical conditioning is mostly passive and depends more on the level of ANS arousal.

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Johnny is friendly, considerate, courteous, helpful, and cooperative with others.He might best be described as high in ______.

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Question 42

The PCL-R is the most widely used measure of lifestyle influences on criminality.

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Question 43

According to Freud, the ego

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Question 44

Low IQ can impact many areas of life that in turn can increase the probability of offending.

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Question 45

Describe the relationship between crime and IQ.What does the research show regarding this relationship? Why is this topic controversial?

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Question 46

Criminals typically differ from noncriminals on performance IQ, but not verbal IQ.

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Question 47

Altruism refers to the ability to understand the feelings and distress of others as if they were your own.

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Question 48

______ parental environment is characterized by hostility, punishment, derogation, and blaming of the subject.

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Question 49

Research on moral-reasoning deficits suggests that psychopaths' deficient moral-reasoning abilities may stem from the inability to experience

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Question 50

Compare and contrast the concepts of psychopathy and sociopathy.In our efforts to reduce/respond to crime, should our responses to these two types of antisocial personalities differ? Support your answer.

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Question 51

Explain Freud's theory of personality.What are the id, ego, and superego/? How do they relate to each other?

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Question 52

The theorist identified with lifestyle theory is

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Question 53

Augmenters tend to have a hypoactive ANS while reducers tend to have a hyperactive ANS.

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Question 54

Identify the three key concepts of lifestyle theory.

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Question 55

The concept of poor avoidance learning in psychopaths is best aligned with which of the following theories?

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Question 56

What is the relationship between the ANS and socialization?

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Question 57

Define empathy.

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Question 58

In Freud's conception of the human personality, a person's conscience, including all of the moral and social rules the person internalized during his or her socialization, is represented by the person's:

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Question 59

Define and discuss the "two great pillars of differential psychology." How are intelligence and temperament associated with offending?

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Operant conditioning is active and depends on the actor's behavior while classical conditioning is mostly passive and depends more on the level of ANS arousal.

Johnny is friendly, considerate, courteous, helpful, and cooperative with others.He might best be described as high in ______.

The PCL-R is the most widely used measure of lifestyle influences on criminality.

According to Freud, the ego

Low IQ can impact many areas of life that in turn can increase the probability of offending.

Describe the relationship between crime and IQ.What does the research show regarding this relationship? Why is this topic controversial?

Criminals typically differ from noncriminals on performance IQ, but not verbal IQ.

Altruism refers to the ability to understand the feelings and distress of others as if they were your own.

______ parental environment is characterized by hostility, punishment, derogation, and blaming of the subject.

Research on moral-reasoning deficits suggests that psychopaths' deficient moral-reasoning abilities may stem from the inability to experience

Compare and contrast the concepts of psychopathy and sociopathy.In our efforts to reduce/respond to crime, should our responses to these two types of antisocial personalities differ? Support your answer.

Explain Freud's theory of personality.What are the id, ego, and superego/? How do they relate to each other?

The theorist identified with lifestyle theory is

Augmenters tend to have a hypoactive ANS while reducers tend to have a hyperactive ANS.

Identify the three key concepts of lifestyle theory.

The concept of poor avoidance learning in psychopaths is best aligned with which of the following theories?

What is the relationship between the ANS and socialization?

Define empathy.

In Freud's conception of the human personality, a person's conscience, including all of the moral and social rules the person internalized during his or her socialization, is represented by the person's:

Define and discuss the "two great pillars of differential psychology." How are intelligence and temperament associated with offending?

An Overview of Crime and Criminology

Measuring Crime and Criminal Behavior

Victimology: Exploring the Experience of Victimization

The Early Schools of Criminology

Crime As Choice: Rationality, Emotion, and Criminal Behavior

Social Structural Theories

Social Process Theories

Critical and Feminist Theories

Biosocial Approaches

Developmental Theories: From Delinquency to Crime to Desistance

Crimes of Violence

Terrorism

Property Crime

Public Order Crime

White-Collar Crime

Organized Crime

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