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Ch. 5 Test

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Some criminologists believe that the root cause of crime may be linked to what?   show
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The earliest "scientific" studies applying the positivist model to criminology were conducted by whom? They studied the facial features of criminals to determine whether the shape of ears, nose, and eyes and the distance between them were associated with   show
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show Observation, hypothesis, test hypothesis, interpretation, conclusion  
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show Phrenologists  
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show Criminal behavior patterns  
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A physician who was studying the cadavers of executed criminals in an effort to scientifically determine whether law violators were physically different from people of conventional values and behavior. He believed that serious offenders were "born crimina   show
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show Historical curiosity  
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show T  
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Most studies did or did not use control groups?   show
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show Biosocial theory  
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What stresses that biological and genetic conditions affect how social behaviors are learned and perceived?   show
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show Gene  
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show "Biological machine"  
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show social factors  
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T/F: Each offender is considered physically and mentally unique.   show
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Substances such as caffeine, food dyes, and artificial flavors seem to ______ hostile, impulsive, and otherwise antisocial behavior.   show
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Research shows that persistent abnormality in the way the brain metabolizes _____ can be linked to antisocial behaviors such as substance abuse.   show
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Neurological impairments to the prefrontal cortex reduces levels of what?   show
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Approximately what percent of all youths have some form of learning disorders?   show
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show 3%  
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show neurotransmitters  
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Research efforts have linked low levels of what to high levels of violence and property crime, as well as defiance of punishment?   show
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show arousal theory  
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show Low  
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T/F: Children of criminal parents should be more likely to become law violators than the offspring of conventional parents.   show
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T/F: Research DOES show that if one sibling engages in antisocial behavior, so do their brothers and sisters.   show
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show Human evolution  
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What type of offenses are often driven by evolutionary and reproductive factors?   show
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show ID  
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show pleasure principle  
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show reality principle  
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show the conscience  
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the branch of behavior theory most relevant to criminology   show
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show moral development  
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branch that focuses on the way people process, store, encode, retrieve, and manipulate info to make decisions and solve problems   show
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show personality and intelligence  
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Is there a connection between personality traits of repeat and chronic offenders?   show
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the key to understanding antisocial behavior   show
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