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Criminal Behavior: A Psychological Approach
11th Edition
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
TO CRIMINAL
BEHAVIOR
Multiple Choice
1. Criminal behavior is best defined as:
a) antisocial behavior.
b) deviant behavior
behavior.
c) an intentional act in violation of a criminal code.
d) behavior that impedes the criminal process.
e) forbidden behavior.
Answer: c
2. Psychological criminology focuses on how individual criminal behavior is:
a) acquired.
b) evoked.
c) maintained.
d) a and c only.
e) all of the above.
Answer: e
3. The narrow range of offenses that do not require criminal intent are called:
a) non-index crimes.
b) unintentional offenses.
c) Part II crimes.
d) status offenses.
e) strict liability offenses.
Answer: a
4. Which of the following is least consistent with the developmental approach in the study of
crime?
a) Searching for factors that place a child at risk of engaging in serious delinquency
b) Identifying the age of onset of antisocial behavior
c) Searching for protective factors in a child’s life
d) Obtaining a child’s IQ score as he or she enters adolescence
e) Examining a child’s pre-school experiences.
[Date] 1
, 2
Answer: d
5. According to the author, our inability to prevent crime is largely due to:
a) a declining interest in the field of criminology.
b) the difficulty in defining the term “crime”.the complexity of the issue.
c) the paucity of experts studying crime.
d) the lack of funding available for research.
Answer: c
6. The belief that most people deserve the misfortune that happens to them is known as the:
a) fairness doctrine.
b) equal justice doctrine.
c) rationalizing attitudes.
d) just-world hypothesis.
e) self-fulfilling prophecy.
Answer: d
7. Which one of the following would psychological criminology be most concerned with?
a) Demographic features of offenders who participate in burglary.
b) How violent individuals learn their aggressive behavior.
c) The gender of murder victims.
d) The time of day when burglary most often occurs.
e) The unequal power distribution between various members of society.
Answer: b
8. 3. Serious criminal offenders often present with cognitions.
a) contracted
b) distorted
c) dominant
d) erotic
e) subversive
Answer: b
9. is to positivist theory as is to classical theory.
a) Determinism; free will
b) Jurisprudence; behavior
c) Cognition; biology
d) Biology; environment
e) Predictability; prevention
Answer: a
10. The perspective on crime is closely linked with the humanistic perspective.
a) conformity
b) strain
c) social learning
d) social control
e) nonconformist
Answer: a
[Date] 2
, 3
11. The basic premise of strain theory is that crime occurs when:
a) there is a discrepancy between the materialistic values and goals cherished in our
society and the availability of legitimate means for reaching these goals.
b) a society’s values are too materialistic.
c) there is not enough value placed on doing the “right thing.”
d) the economically and socially disadvantaged give up on the American dream.
e) one’s level of stress far outweighs one’s coping mechanisms.
Answer: a
12. Social control theory is an example of:
a) the conformity perspective.
b) the confirmation perspective.
c) Merton’s strain perspective.
d) the nonconformist perspective.
e) the learning perspective.
Answer: d
13. Which one of the following would not be a primary concern of sociological criminology?
a) Personality characteristics of rapists
b) Age characteristics of murderers
c) Gender of victims of aggravated assault
d) Relationship of victim to offender
e) The victim characteristics of hate crimes.
Answer: a
14. The psychodynamic approach explains behavior in terms of:
a) motives and drives.
b) personality traits.
c) free will.
d) logic.
e) heredity and family history.
Answer: a
15. Social control theorists contend that crime occurs when:
a) an individual’s ties to the conventional order are weak.
b) an individual’s ties to normative standards are nonexistent.
c) an individual behaves indiscriminately.
d) both a and b.
e) all of the above.
Answer: d
16. Which of the following offenses is not considered a violent crime, according to the UCR?
a) forcible rape
b) arson
c) nonnegligent manslaughter
d) robbery
[Date] 3
, 4
e) aggravated assault
Answer: b
17. Three disciplines that have traditionally dominated the study of crime are:
a) sociology, psychology and psychiatry.
b) psychology, sociology and anthropology.
c) psychology, anthropology and economics.
d) psychology, anthropology and medicine.
e) medicine, psychology and criminal justice.
Answer: a
18. Sigmund Freud is most associated with which one of the following fields?
a) Traditional psychiatric criminology
b) Sociological criminology
c) Psychological criminology
d) Contemporary psychiatric criminology
e) Molecular criminology
Answer: a
19. Psychological criminology recently shifted its focus to a more and approach to
the study of criminal behavior.
a) forensic; scientific
b) trait-focused; instrumental
c) personality; biological
d) cognitive; developmental
e) sociological; psychiatric
Answer: d
20. The difference-in-kind perspective argues that humans are distinctly different from animals in
which of the following ways?
a) Spiritually
b) Mentally
c) Psychologically
d) a and c
e) All of the above
Answer: e
21. Illegal behavior that only juveniles can commit such as incorrigibility, running away, and
truancy are called:
a) offenses against the public order.
b) Part I crimes.
c) status offenses.
d) age-related crimes.
e) juvenile violations.
Answer: c
[Date] 4
Criminal Behavior: A Psychological Approach
11th Edition
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
TO CRIMINAL
BEHAVIOR
Multiple Choice
1. Criminal behavior is best defined as:
a) antisocial behavior.
b) deviant behavior
behavior.
c) an intentional act in violation of a criminal code.
d) behavior that impedes the criminal process.
e) forbidden behavior.
Answer: c
2. Psychological criminology focuses on how individual criminal behavior is:
a) acquired.
b) evoked.
c) maintained.
d) a and c only.
e) all of the above.
Answer: e
3. The narrow range of offenses that do not require criminal intent are called:
a) non-index crimes.
b) unintentional offenses.
c) Part II crimes.
d) status offenses.
e) strict liability offenses.
Answer: a
4. Which of the following is least consistent with the developmental approach in the study of
crime?
a) Searching for factors that place a child at risk of engaging in serious delinquency
b) Identifying the age of onset of antisocial behavior
c) Searching for protective factors in a child’s life
d) Obtaining a child’s IQ score as he or she enters adolescence
e) Examining a child’s pre-school experiences.
[Date] 1
, 2
Answer: d
5. According to the author, our inability to prevent crime is largely due to:
a) a declining interest in the field of criminology.
b) the difficulty in defining the term “crime”.the complexity of the issue.
c) the paucity of experts studying crime.
d) the lack of funding available for research.
Answer: c
6. The belief that most people deserve the misfortune that happens to them is known as the:
a) fairness doctrine.
b) equal justice doctrine.
c) rationalizing attitudes.
d) just-world hypothesis.
e) self-fulfilling prophecy.
Answer: d
7. Which one of the following would psychological criminology be most concerned with?
a) Demographic features of offenders who participate in burglary.
b) How violent individuals learn their aggressive behavior.
c) The gender of murder victims.
d) The time of day when burglary most often occurs.
e) The unequal power distribution between various members of society.
Answer: b
8. 3. Serious criminal offenders often present with cognitions.
a) contracted
b) distorted
c) dominant
d) erotic
e) subversive
Answer: b
9. is to positivist theory as is to classical theory.
a) Determinism; free will
b) Jurisprudence; behavior
c) Cognition; biology
d) Biology; environment
e) Predictability; prevention
Answer: a
10. The perspective on crime is closely linked with the humanistic perspective.
a) conformity
b) strain
c) social learning
d) social control
e) nonconformist
Answer: a
[Date] 2
, 3
11. The basic premise of strain theory is that crime occurs when:
a) there is a discrepancy between the materialistic values and goals cherished in our
society and the availability of legitimate means for reaching these goals.
b) a society’s values are too materialistic.
c) there is not enough value placed on doing the “right thing.”
d) the economically and socially disadvantaged give up on the American dream.
e) one’s level of stress far outweighs one’s coping mechanisms.
Answer: a
12. Social control theory is an example of:
a) the conformity perspective.
b) the confirmation perspective.
c) Merton’s strain perspective.
d) the nonconformist perspective.
e) the learning perspective.
Answer: d
13. Which one of the following would not be a primary concern of sociological criminology?
a) Personality characteristics of rapists
b) Age characteristics of murderers
c) Gender of victims of aggravated assault
d) Relationship of victim to offender
e) The victim characteristics of hate crimes.
Answer: a
14. The psychodynamic approach explains behavior in terms of:
a) motives and drives.
b) personality traits.
c) free will.
d) logic.
e) heredity and family history.
Answer: a
15. Social control theorists contend that crime occurs when:
a) an individual’s ties to the conventional order are weak.
b) an individual’s ties to normative standards are nonexistent.
c) an individual behaves indiscriminately.
d) both a and b.
e) all of the above.
Answer: d
16. Which of the following offenses is not considered a violent crime, according to the UCR?
a) forcible rape
b) arson
c) nonnegligent manslaughter
d) robbery
[Date] 3
, 4
e) aggravated assault
Answer: b
17. Three disciplines that have traditionally dominated the study of crime are:
a) sociology, psychology and psychiatry.
b) psychology, sociology and anthropology.
c) psychology, anthropology and economics.
d) psychology, anthropology and medicine.
e) medicine, psychology and criminal justice.
Answer: a
18. Sigmund Freud is most associated with which one of the following fields?
a) Traditional psychiatric criminology
b) Sociological criminology
c) Psychological criminology
d) Contemporary psychiatric criminology
e) Molecular criminology
Answer: a
19. Psychological criminology recently shifted its focus to a more and approach to
the study of criminal behavior.
a) forensic; scientific
b) trait-focused; instrumental
c) personality; biological
d) cognitive; developmental
e) sociological; psychiatric
Answer: d
20. The difference-in-kind perspective argues that humans are distinctly different from animals in
which of the following ways?
a) Spiritually
b) Mentally
c) Psychologically
d) a and c
e) All of the above
Answer: e
21. Illegal behavior that only juveniles can commit such as incorrigibility, running away, and
truancy are called:
a) offenses against the public order.
b) Part I crimes.
c) status offenses.
d) age-related crimes.
e) juvenile violations.
Answer: c
[Date] 4
