Exam 5: Trait Theory

Which perspective best supports the fact that human history has been marked by war, violence, and aggression?​

Primary prevention programs provide treatment, such as psychological counseling, to youths and adults after they have violated the law.

According to ___________ theory, for a variety of genetic and environmental reasons, people's brains function differently in response to environmental stimuli.​

Proponents of the _________ theory argued that intelligence is largely determined genetically and that low intelligence is linked to criminal behavior.​

A significant criticism of biosocial theory has been that it ______.

Michael was arrested and charged with possession of narcotics and aggravated battery. Michael was offered a plea deal of five years of probation with a condition that he must participate in drug treatment and psychological counseling. When attendance in these programs is a requirement of a probation order, they are considered _________________ programs.​

Diet, hormones, and contaminants are the causes of behavior in the ________ perspective.​

According to psychodynamic theory, the _____ is the primitive part of people's mental makeup and represents unconscious biological drives.​

The _____________ is the part of the personality that helps the individual keep his or her actions within the boundaries of social convention.​

The early research of Lombroso and his contemporaries is regarded as scientific fact.​

Neurophysiology studies twin behavior in order to understand criminality.​

The major premise of the neurological theory is that ______.

Children with _____________________________ experience an ongoing pattern of uncooperative and hostile behavior toward authority figures.​

Michael is now 20 years old and a court-ordered psychologist has diagnosed Michael with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a type of _________ disorder.​

__________, the most abundant androgen, has been linked to criminality.​

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) developed ________ psychology, which has remained a prominent segment of psychological theory ever since.​

According to the evolutionary theory, over the history of the human species __________ males have had the greatest impact on the gene pool.​

Nature theory argues that environmental stimulation from parents, relatives, social contacts, and peer groups account for a child's IQ level and low intelligence.

Evidence exists indicating that abnormally low levels of brain chemical compounds called __________ are associated with violent behavior.​

Bipolar disorder has failed to be correlated with delinquency or criminality, which leads many opponents of psychological crime to use disorders such as this as just another failed attempt at justifying criminal behavior.