Unit 2: Biological and Psychological Theories of Crime

Unit 2: Biological and Psychological Theories of Crime

9th - 12th Grade

17 Qs

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Unit 2: Biological and Psychological Theories of Crime

Unit 2: Biological and Psychological Theories of Crime

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9th - 12th Grade

Easy

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Julie Long

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17 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Franz Joseph Gull suggested that a person's what could predict their criminal tendencies?
Palm
Skull
Personality
Genetics

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Who suggested that a person's physical characteristics could predict whether they were criminal or not?
Emile Durkheim
Hans J. Eysenck
Cesare Lombroso
Daniel M'Naughten

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Mesomorphs have which of the following body types?
Muscular and athletic
Thin and frail
large and soft
average

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

William H. Sheldon argued that which body type was most likely to commit crimes?
endomorphs
ectomorphs
dynomorphs
mesomorphs

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Somatotyping uses what to explain crime?
personality
hormones
body type
weather

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Projects like the Human Genome Project may help us better understand why people commit crimes.
true
false

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Phrenology suggested that by seeing or feeling a person's skull, we could have insight into their personality and which characteristics were over or under developed.
true
false

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