Abnormal Psychology
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Abnormal Psychology is a comprehensive course that explores patterns of behavior, thought, and emotion considered outside the typical or culturally accepted norms. Students will examine the classification, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological disorders such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, personality disorders, and neurodevelopmental disorders. The course investigates the historical context of abnormal psychology and emphasizes empirical research, biopsychosocial perspectives, and the influence of societal factors. Through case studies and current literature, students will develop critical thinking skills to better understand the complexities of mental health and the challenges of stigma, assessment, and intervention in clinical practice.
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Criminal Behavior A Psychological Approach 10th Edition by Curtis R. Bartol
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Criminal Behavior
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Q1) Define the term hate crime. Describe one well-known case involving hate crime victimization
Answer: The term hate crime refers to a criminal act that is motivated by prejudice or bias against a particular group of people based on their race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, disability, or any other characteristic. Hate crimes are intended to intimidate or harm individuals or groups because of their identity.
One well-known case involving hate crime victimization is the murder of Matthew Shepard. In 1998, Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old college student, was brutally beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die in Laramie, Wyoming. The two perpetrators targeted Shepard because he was gay, and their actions were fueled by homophobia and hate. This tragic case brought national attention to the issue of hate crimes against the LGBTQ+ community and led to the passing of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in 2009, which expanded the definition of hate crimes to include those based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The case of Matthew Shepard serves as a sobering reminder of the devastating impact of hate-motivated violence and the need for continued efforts to combat hate crimes in society.
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Chapter 2: Origins of Criminal Behavior: Developmental Risk Factors
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Q1) It is rare for an individual to possess both affective and cognitive empathy. A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Affective empathy usually develops in middle adulthood.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Which one of the following statements is correct?
A) The exact nature of the relationship between poverty and violence is not well understood.
B) It is quite clear that poverty is the major cause of crime and delinquency.
C) Poverty does not appear to be a risk factor in the development of crime.
D) The current research suggests that there is no relationship between poverty and crime.
E) Poverty, in combination with low IQ score, puts one at significant risk for ADHD.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Origins of Criminal Behavior: Biological Factors
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Q1) Describe TEDS. Summarize what this research tells us about human behavior.
Answer: TEDS stands for the Twins Early Development Study, which is a longitudinal study that follows a large sample of twins from birth to adulthood in order to examine the genetic and environmental influences on behavior. This research tells us that human behavior is influenced by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. By studying twins, researchers can tease apart the contributions of genes and environment to various traits and behaviors. The findings from TEDS suggest that both genetic and environmental factors play a role in shaping human behavior, and the interaction between these factors is complex and multifaceted. Overall, TEDS provides valuable insight into the nature vs. nurture debate and helps us understand the interplay between genetics and environment in shaping human behavior.
Q2) Recent research has found that brain stimulation after age five has little impact on growth and development.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Compare and contrast behavior and molecular genetics.
Answer: NOT ANSWERED
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Chapter 4: Origins of Criminal Behavior: Learning and Situational
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Q1) Social learning theorists believe that the _____ of behavior depends on reinforcement.
A) acquisition
B) initiation
C) instigation
D) degree
E) maintenance
Q2) Describe and discuss the situational factors that can influence criminal behavior. In addition to those mentioned in this Chapter, what others might be identified?
Q3) B. F. Skinner is considered the father of behaviorism.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon is an example of a frustration-induced riot.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the process of operant conditioning and give an example of how criminal behavior is acquired.
Q6) Briefly explain Bandura's theory of moral disengagement.
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Chapter 5: Human Aggression and Violence
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Q1) Explain the difference between road rage and aggressive driving.
Q2) Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman are two high-profile victims of hostile aggression.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The weapon used in road rage is:
A) a gun.
B) a knife.
C) one's fist.
D) obscene gestures.
E) the vehicle.
Q4) Discuss the difficulties in adequately defining aggression.
Q5) The social learning approach to the reduction of aggressive behavior would most likely emphasize:
A) appropriate modeling.
B) reinforcement for nonaggressive behavior in situations where aggressive behavior was previously demonstrated.
C) punishment of aggressive models.
D) all of the above.
E) none of the above.
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Chapter 6: Juvenile Delinquency
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Q1) Secure institutional treatment of juveniles who have committed serious offenses is known as _____ intervention.
A) detention
B) restrictive
C) RNR
D) supplemental
E) tertiary
Q2) A system of "shock incarceration," which is designed to be an intensively structured, short-term alternative to prison, is also known as:
A) wilderness programs.
B) boot camps.
C) adventure programs.
D) reform school.
E) ECT
Q3) Describe the characteristics of Multisystemic therapy. Summarize the research findings about the program's success.
Q4) Summarize the five characteristics of successful treatment programs.
Q5) Define (1) legal delinquency, (2) social delinquency, and (3) psychological delinquency.
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Chapter 7: Criminal Psychopathy
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Q1) Recent research using factor analysis on the behavioral characteristics suggests that there appear(s) to be _____ that adequately describe(s) the behavioral dimensions of psychopaths.
A) only two factors
B) three or more factors
C) hundreds of factors
D) two or three factors
E) one central factor
Q2) According to Cleckley, which absolute unchanging characteristic is always present in the psychopath?
A) reactive aggression
B) lack of remorse
C) impulsivity
D) pathological lying
E) egocentricity
Q3) Research suggests that the psychopath displays a deficiency in conditionability.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Name and describe five instruments used to measure psychopathy.
Q5) Compare and contrast the terms sociopath and psychopath.
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Chapter 8: Crime and Mental Disorders
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Q1) In the Supreme Court ruling Sell v. U.S. (2003), the Court ruled that:
A) in cases that did not involve violence, courts should be very careful in ordering medication to treat mentally disordered offenders who refuse the medication.
B) mentally disordered offenders should be sedated in the courtroom.
C) psychoactive drugs should not be ordered by any court against the wishes of the defendant, even if the mentally disordered offender tends to be violent.
D) mentally disordered offenders should be institutionalized until cured.
E) mentally disordered offenders cannot be given psychotropic medication during their trial.
Q2) Statistics show that more than half of all prison and jail inmates might benefit from mental health treatment.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Mental health courts are alternative, specialized courts that are designed to treat offenders with a history of substance abuse.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Homicide, Assault, and Family Violence
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Q1) In the United States, the victims of homicide are mostly male.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Discuss the relationship between guns and crime. Describe how the weapons effect may impact gang violence and neighborhood crime.
Q3) Terrorist activity is often included in which of the FBI's category of homicide?
A) Group cause homicide
B) Criminal enterprise murder
C) Personal cause murder
D) Sexual homicide
E) Politically motivated homicide.
Q4) Infanticide refers to the killing of an infant.
A)True
B)False
Q5) A youth who has been thrown away from the home by a parent or caretaker is called a thrownaway.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Explain what research tells about the perpetrators and victims of elder abuse.
Q7) List some of the factors that make the family so difficult to study.
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Chapter 10: Multiple Murder, School, and Workplace
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Q1) There has been an overabundance of research directed at mass murderers.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What kind of offender would be most likely to engage in undoing at a murder scene?
A) sadistic
B) shy
C) psychopathic
D) emotionally distraught
E) troller
Q3) Kraemer, Lord, and Heilbrun (2004) found that serial offenders often prefer guns, while single victim offenders prefer hands on killing.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Jenkins' 1988 study of serial killers in England found that:
A) serial killers had a long history of violent offenses before caught.
B) serial killers began killing at a late age.
C) serial killers had extensive juvenile records.
D) many were divorced.
E) the majority were former police officers.
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Chapter 11: Psychology of Terrorism
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Q1) The primary similarity between terrorists and other violent offenders is their history of antisocial behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The process in which terrorists are convinced that their way of life and fundamental cultural values are superior to those they attack is referred to as:
A) moral justification.
B) euphemistic language.
C) advantageous comparison.
D) cultural comparison.
E) cultural conviction.
Q3) The attacks on September 11, 2001 marked a radical shift in U.S. connection to terrorism.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Lone wolf terrorists are more likely to be mentally disturbed than other terrorists.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Sexual Assault
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Q1) Abel and his associates found that men convicted of rape:
A) show high and nearly equal sexual arousal to portrayals of both violent, nonconsenting sexual acts and nonviolent, consenting sexual acts. B) were more sexually aroused toward attractive victims than nonattractive victims. C) felt they had little control over their sexual impulses.
D) have a very limited ability to fantasize.
E) were using drugs at the time of the crime.
Q2) Which one of the following is an example of a sex offender registration and notification law?
A) Shannon's Law
B) The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act
C) Violence Against Women Act
D) Copycat Law
E) Three Strikes Law
Q3) Many mental health clinicians do not consider sex offenders to be clinically mentally disordered.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Sexual Assault of Children and Youth and Other
Sexual Offenses
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Q1) The most common type of pedophilia appears to be:
A) adult males against young boys.
B) adult males against young girls.
C) priests against young boys.
D) adult males who choose victims from both sexes.
E) homosexual pedophilia, with both male and female perpetrators.
Q2) Sexual contact with immature family members by individuals from outside the family is called:
A) extrafamilial child molestation.
B) intrafamilial child molestation.
C) hebephilia.
D) paraphilia.
E) perversion.
Q3) Compare and contrast three theories of explanations of why certain adult males prefer children for sexual gratification.
Q4) Outline the demographic and psychological characteristics of child molesters.
Q5) Identify some of the notable characteristics of male juvenile sex offenders and their victims.
Q7) Describe the psychological effects of child sexual victimization. Page 15
Q6) Briefly describe the Groth classification model of child molesters.
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Chapter 14: Property and Public Order Crime
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Q1) The majority of property crimes eventually result in physical aggression.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The most common Part I property crime is:
A) motor vehicle theft.
B) burglary.
C) larceny-theft.
D) shoplifting.
E) road rage.
Q3) Of the following offenders, which is most likely to carefully select their targets and victims?
A) Auto thieves
B) Robbers
C) Pickpockets
D) Burglars
E) Arsonists
Q4) Carjacking most commonly occurs in rural, isolated areas.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss the conceptual difficulty in defining white collar crime.
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Chapter 15: Violent Economic Crime and Crimes of
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Q1) Research suggests hostage-taking incidents are rarely perpetrated by mentally disordered individuals.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Refusal by hostages to do what captors expect during a hostage situation is called:
A) Stockholm syndrome.
B) Markov syndrome.
C) Paris syndrome.
D) London syndrome.
E) Korsakoff's syndrome.
Q3) Choose any three crimes covered in this Chapter and discuss them from the perspective of the psychological effects on the victims.
Q4) Both criminal and prisoner hostage-taking situations are instrumental in nature.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The Stockholm syndrome is a rare occurrence.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Define pyromania. Does research support pyromania? Explain.
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Chapter 16: Substance Abuse, Alcohol, and Crime
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Q1) Methamphetamine produces an increase in _____ and a decrease in _____.
A) alertness; appetite
B) appetite; alertness
C) productivity; appetite
D) crime; alertness
E) feelings of well-being; depression
Q2) According to the text, juveniles who occasionally sell drugs to friends frequently become involved in serious delinquency.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Methylphenidate is also known as:
A) Ritalin.
B) ephedrine.
C) cocaine.
D) Ativan.
E) aspirin.
Q4) Why is the drug-crime relationship difficult to identify and measure? List and describe the fourfold interaction discussed in the Chapter.
Q5) Discuss the relationship between alcohol and crime.
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