Deck 63: Delinquency and Violence

Question 1

Lerner, Almerigi, Theokas, and Lerner's (2005) work on __________ has addressed the community assets that help to produce competent, confident, and caring youth.

A) developmental contextualism
B) impulsive behavior
C) delinquency
D) positive youth development

Answer 1

D

Question 2

A critical age for early signs of emerging delinquency is ________ years, when children begin to develop self-schemas that are aligned with risky behavior and to search for friends who affirm this behavior.

A) 8-14
B) 7-12
C) 12-17
D) 7-14

Answer 2

B

Question 3

According to the text, __________ may be defined as behavior that the public at any specific time thinks is in conflict with its best interests.

A) self-schemas
B) random aggression
C) delinquency
D) impulsive behavior

Answer 3

C

Question 4

__________ seems to be a continuous thread running through delinquent behavior.

A) Self-control
B) Insecurity
C) Impulsive actions
D) Hostility

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic that distinguishes delinquents from non-delinquents?

A) Delinquents are physically weaker.
B) Delinquents are restless, energetic, impulsive, extroverted, aggressive, and destructive.
C) Delinquents are more interested in the concrete than the abstract.
D) Delinquents are hostile, defiant, resentful, and stubborn.

Question 6

Which of the following statements is NOT true about bullies' victims?

A) Victims are more anxious than their peers.
B) Victims are more passive than their peers.
C) Victims are often leaders in their peer groups.
D) Victims are more insecure than their peers.

Question 7

Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding research on impulsivity?

A) Children who displayed impulsivity at age 4 experienced more psychological difficulties as adolescents.
B) Children who displayed impulsivity at age 4 had more friends as adolescents.
C) Children who displayed impulsivity at age 4 were more irritable and aggressive as adolescents.
D) Children who displayed impulsivity at age 4 were less able to cope with frustration as adolescents.

Question 8

The roots of aggressive and violent behavior are addressed by ethology, biology, social learning theory, self-control, and developmental contextualism.

Question 9

All aggression is meant to be violent, and all violence is aggressive and meant to cause harm.

Question 10

The best predictor of violence is past antisocial behavior.

Question 11

Most modern scientists believe that a tendency to commit crime is established early in life, perhaps as soon as the preschool years.