Exam 5: Trait Theories

According to William Sheldon,who believed that criminals manifest distinct physiques,which somatotype was most likely to become criminal?

What statement is false with regard to ADHD?

Latent delinquency is found in youngsters whose personalities require them to seek immediate gratification,consider satisfying their personal needs more important than relating to others,and satisfy instinctive urges without considering right and wrong.

Explosive rage disorder is considered an important cause of spouse and child abuse,suicide,aggressiveness,and motiveless homicide.This disorder is a type of:

Discuss evolutionary theory and its association with gender-based differences in the crime rate.

___________________ is defined as a pattern of disregard for,and violation of,the rights of others.

People alter what they do based on learned responses from rewards and punishments is the premise of what group of theories?

Identify four biochemical conditions that may lead to antisocial behavior and crime and why these conditions do so.

Social learning theory holds that people learn to be aggressive through their life experiences.Which of these is not a source of this behavior modeling process?

The ________ controls sympathetic feelings toward others and are affected by androgens,which can result in emotional volatility.

The psychodynamic model of the criminal offender depicts an aggressive,frustrated person dominated by events that occurred:

______________ argues that intelligence is largely determined genetically,and is linked to criminal behavior.

The condition at the onset of the menstrual cycle that triggers excessive amounts of hormones affecting antisocial,aggressive behavior is known as:

With regard to lead and its association to aggressive behaviors,what statement is false?

According to________________,over the history of the human species,aggressive males have had the greatest impact on the gene pool.

____________ differs from earlier theories of behavior in that it stresses that biological and genetic conditions affect how social behaviors are learned and perceived.

Social learning theorists argue that people are not actually born with the ability to act violently but that they learn to be aggressive through their life experiences via the process of behavior modeling.

________ changes may be able to explain gender differences in the crime rate and regional and temporal differences in the crime rate.

Which theory states that the emotional bond at birth has important lasting psychological implications that follow people across the life span?

According to Freud,the superego is the ___???_____ aspect of one's personality.