Chapter 5 Self Quiz

Biological and Psychological Theories

. This is the study of the brain and body as a source of antisocial behavior.

. This involves the attempt to determine a person's character by their facial characteristics.

. This concept suggests that some people are throwbacks to an earlier evolutionary stage.

. Forced sterilizations continued to be performed until this decade.

. Which of the following statements about the influence of genes on crime is true?

. Using this type of study, researchers can observe the effects of a familial environment on someone who does not share that family's DNA.

. Which is an example of status-striving behavior at the competitive end of the competitive-victimizing continuum of behavior?

. Which of the following is a neurotransmitter that controls mood and feelings?

. This is the biological process in which genetic characteristics are inherited by one generation from the last.

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Which of the following statements about drugs and alcohol is not true?

. This model of the drug-crime connection suggests that it is not drug users who turn to crime but offenders who turn to drugs.

. The psychological approach focuses on this.

. According to Kohlberg, moral reasoning is based on obedience and avoiding punishment at the _____ level.

. Which of the following is a behavior characteristic of antisocial personality disorder?

. This standard of insanity holds an offender responsible for the action but recognizes the presence of a mental disorder.

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