Exam 7: Theories of Social Process and Social Development

Social control theories take a step beyond static aspects of personality and environment to look at the process through which __________ develops.

Some theorists believe that society creates deviance and deviant people by responding negatively to circumscribed behaviors.

Tagging is an example of the social learning theory.

Which one of the following is not a dynamic concept of the life course perspective?

Social process theories focus only on society.

The life course perspective is a social process theory.

The development of self-control is one way that social process theories aim to prevent criminal behavior.

________ is the major theorist behind the social learning theory that created the nine principles of differential association.

Which theory states that criminal behavior is learned in interaction with others?

Developmental theories draw attention to _____ of criminal behavior throughout a lifetime.

A person becomes delinquent because of an excess of definitions favorable to law violation over definitions unfavorable to law violation.

Which of the following portrays human behavior as centered around the management of impressions?

The __________ theory states that the principal part of criminal behavior learning takes place within intimate groups.

Which of the following is not a social development concept?

The life course perspective helps explain ________.

Criminal and non-criminal behavior are an expression of needs and values.

Differential association values _______ association.

Human agency refers to the fact that individuals have no control over their own life course.

Operational conditioning is an example of ________.

_________ are a central concept to life course theories because they include social relationships.