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According to the text, what percentage of incarcerated youth have disabilities?

  • 30%
  • 85% (correct)
  • 70%
  • 15%

According to the text, what did the eugenics movement aim to do?

  • Promote intelligence and physical traits
  • Get rid of unfavorable characteristics (correct)
  • Encourage diversity
  • Support reproduction of devalued people

According to lifestyle theory, what are the three concepts that contribute to criminal behavior?

  • Irresponsibility, self-indulgence, and negative interpersonal relationships
  • Biological and environmental conditions, criminal thinking, and choices (correct)
  • Conditions, choice, and cognition
  • Impulsiveness, low IQ, and faulty thinking

According to Walters, what are the two thinking errors displayed by criminals?

<p>Cutoff and power orientation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Eysenck's criminal personality theory, which personality factors are more critical predictors of criminal behavior?

<p>Neuroticism and psychoticism (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Eysenck, which personality types have the greatest tendency for criminal behavior?

<p>Neurotic extroverts and psychotic extroverts (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what did Jensen conclude about the influence of genetics and environment on intelligence?

<p>80% of intelligence is genetic and the remaining comes from the environment (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Jensen argue about the influence of nature and nurture on intelligence?

<p>Nature (genetics) had more influence on intelligence than nurture (the environment) (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what did Shockley state about the difference between African American and European American IQ scores?

<p>The difference was because of genetics (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Hernstein and Murray conclude about low IQ and criminal behavior?

<p>Low IQ was a risk factor for criminal behavior (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Gordon's argument, what was more important than the link between IQ and socioeconomic status?

<p>Race (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Hirschi and Hindelang's review of research literature, what was IQ more closely related to?

<p>Delinquency (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what was the label given to those who fell below the middle range of the average IQ scores?

<p>Disabled and problematic (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, who was a popular American psychologist, eugenicist, and segregationist who played a key role in the eugenics movement?

<p>Henry Goddard (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, who conducted a study that contradicted the possible connection between IQ and crime by comparing the IQ scores of adult offenders to those of army draftees?

<p>Edwin Sutherland (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to lifestyle theory, what are the three concepts that contribute to criminal behavior?

<p>Conditions, choice, and cognition (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What were the two personality types that Eysenck's criminal personality theory claimed had the greatest tendency for criminal behavior?

<p>Neurotic extroverts and psychotic extroverts (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the four higher-order factors that Eysenck believed personality depends on?

<p>Ability, extraversion, neuroticism, and psychoticism (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Walters assert about criminality and faulty thinking patterns?

<p>Criminality is the result of irrational behavioral patterns that result in faulty thinking patterns (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Study Notes

Incarcerated Youth with Disabilities

  • 30-60% of incarcerated youth have disabilities

Eugenics Movement

  • Aims to "improve" the human race through selective breeding and sterilization

Lifestyle Theory

  • Three concepts that contribute to criminal behavior:
    • Criminal opportunities
    • Criminal motivations
    • Criminal controls

Walters' Criminal Thinking

  • Two thinking errors displayed by criminals:
    • Miscalculation of consequences
    • Misattribution of blame

Eysenck's Criminal Personality Theory

  • Two personality types with the greatest tendency for criminal behavior:
    • Extroverted personalities
    • Neurotic personalities
  • Four higher-order factors that personality depends on:
    • Extraversion
    • Neuroticism
    • Psychoticism
    • Lie scale

Intelligence and Criminal Behavior

  • Jensen's conclusion: Genetics and environment both influence intelligence
  • Jensen's argument: Nature and nurture both contribute to intelligence, but nature has a greater influence
  • Shockley's statement: African American IQ scores are lower than European American IQ scores
  • Hernstein and Murray's conclusion: Low IQ is linked to criminal behavior

IQ and Socioeconomic Status

  • Gordon's argument: The link between IQ and socioeconomic status is less important than the impact of socioeconomic status on IQ

Hirschi and Hindelang's Review

  • IQ is more closely related to socioeconomic status than criminal behavior

IQ Scores

  • Those who fall below the middle range of average IQ scores are labeled "morons"

Key Figures

  • Henry Goddard: A popular American psychologist, eugenicist, and segregationist who played a key role in the eugenics movement

Contradicting Research

  • Study by Christianson: Contradicted the possible connection between IQ and crime by comparing the IQ scores of adult offenders to those of army draftees

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