Chapter 3 Self Check Quiz

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. Puritans believed evil spirits were as real as God and thought to prey on society's most weak and vulnerable, namely women and children.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The Enlightenment Period, 1685-1815, was also known as ___________.

The Colonial Period correct incorrect

The Age of Reason correct incorrect

Rational Period correct incorrect

Demonological Period correct incorrect

Puritan Period correct incorrect

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. Rationalism grew out of which period?

The Colonial Period correct incorrect

The Enlightenment Period correct incorrect

Rational Period correct incorrect

Demonological Period correct incorrect

Puritan Period correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT a contribution that flourished during the Enlightenment Period?

Scientific discoveries correct incorrect

Inventions correct incorrect

Essays correct incorrect

Movies correct incorrect

Books correct incorrect

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. The idea that fair and just penalties serve to dissuade an individual's rational choice to commit a crime has also been called:

Demonological Theory correct incorrect

Puritanism correct incorrect

An Eye for an Eye correct incorrect

Classicalism correct incorrect

Deterrence Theory correct incorrect

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. Classical Criminology is also called a philosophical school of thought.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Specific Deterrence and General Deterrence are mutually exclusive.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The philosophy of Utilitarianism occurs when a penalty is applied to an individual to deter that specific individual from re-offending.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Rational Choice Theory is the idea that individuals are rational decision-makers and often weigh the benefits and consequences of an act before making a decision.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Routine Activities Theory theorized that for a crime to occur the following three elements are needed:

A motivated offender, a victim and opportunity correct incorrect

Opportunity, Need and Desire correct incorrect

A Victim, a criminal and discretion correct incorrect

Time, Place and Opportunity correct incorrect

A motivated Offender, Bad circumstances, and Luck. correct incorrect

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. Situational Crime Prevention is a strategy to explain and potentially prevent illicit behavior.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Possession of unique physical features reminiscent of primitive man as a potential cause of criminality is known as:

Rational Choice Theory correct incorrect

Hedonistic Calculus correct incorrect

Consequentialism correct incorrect

Criminal Theory correct incorrect

Criminal Atavism correct incorrect

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. The "Super Ego" is the most representative of a child's personality, one that is impulsive and of a primitive drive without consideration of the consequences of one's actions.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT TRUE of the stages of moral development according to Psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg:

One level involves a social contract and desire for laws to be grounded in social justice correct incorrect

One level involves incorporating moral reasoning into judgment and concern for how others view them correct incorrect

One level involves behavior independent of others and in the fulfillment of one's interests. correct incorrect

Criminality stems from a lack of development in moral judgments and perspectives through these levels correct incorrect

A system of personality traits correlated to one's body makeup. correct incorrect

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. The theory that behavior is "learned" was first put forward by Donald Sutherland in 1939.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect