Deck 1: The Usefulness of Philosophy in Criminology

Question 1

Philosophy means:

A) mother of science
B) love of wisdom
C) whole of knowledge
D) child like wonder

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Philosophers' work is judged by:

A) logic and language
B) power of findings
C) qualitative data
D) quantitative data

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Einstein's works often referenced the philosophical works of:

A) Kant
B) Hume
C) Spinoza
D) all of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Who lectured extensively on Immanuel Kant's ontology and epistemology in terms of interpreting quantum phenomena?

A) Einstein
B) Bohr
C) Heisenberg
D) Schrodinger

Question 5

Philosophers use logic that is:

A) inductive
B) deductive
C) conductive
D) both a and b

Question 6

The principle that virtue lies at the midpoint between polar vices of excess and deficiency is _________ golden mean.

A) Kant's
B) Einstein's
C) Aristotle's
D) Heisenberg's

Question 7

Social learning theories have a(n) ____________ concept of human nature

A) positive
B) negative
C) environmental
D) blank slate

Question 8

Who believed in God-given free will and holding criminals responsible for their actions?

A) Jeremy Bentham
B) Cesare Lombroso
C) Raffaele Garofalo
D) both a and c

Question 9

__________ states that given the presence of X, there is a certain probability that Y will occur.

A) Scientific determinism
B) Statistical determinism
C) Chaotic determinism
D) both a and b

Question 10

Determinism is the operating assumption of criminological theories defined as positivist, such as _________.

A) rational choice theory
B) social learning theory
C) age-graded life course theory
D) none of the above

Question 11

Behavioral genetic studies consistently find that as we age the influences of shared environments on our personalities and cognitive abilities ___________.

A) increases
B) decreases a little
C) stays constant
D) disappears

Question 12

According to the text, it would seem most social scientists, if judged by the content of their textbooks, journals, and curriculum, are ___________.

A) determinists
B) complementists
C) compatablists
D) instructionists

Question 13

Genetic determinism is the idea that ____________.

A) genes direct each individual response to experience and environment
B) social behavior is a direct outcome of genetic programing
C) criminality can be traced to a collection of genes that should be tested for
D) you can predict a persons future at birth by looking at their DNA

Question 14

For empirical scientists, philosophy is a waste of time and has nothing to offer.

Question 15

Philosophy concerns itself with examining the assumptions, methods, and ethics that to particular sciences as well as "grand problems" central to all sciences.

Question 16

B. F. Skinner insisted that we don't have free will but keep pretending that we do.