CJ 100: Chapter 3 Test

A violation of social norms defining appropriate or proper behavior under a particular set of circumstances is known as:

• a. Deviance.

• b. Theory

• c. Hypothesis.

• d. Social process theory.

What is atavism?

• a. A term used to characterize aggression

• b. A term used to denote one of the concentric zones

• c. A condition characterized by the existence of features thought to be common in earlier stages of human evolution

• d. A term used to describe anomie

Which of the following is a sociological approach that emphasizes demographics and geography, and that characterizes delinquency areas as a major cause of criminality and victimization?

• a. Psychological School

• b. Chicago School

• c. Positivist School

• d. Classical School

A ___________ is a set of interrelated propositions that attempt to describe, explain, predict, and ultimately control some class of events.

• a.Hypothesis

• b.Conflict Perspective

• c.Trait

• d.Theory

The ___________ is a perspective on criminological thought that highlights the process of interaction between individuals and society.

• a. Social process theory

• b. Chicago School theory

• c. The Broken Window Theory

• d. Neoclassical criminology

The ________________ is an eighteenth-century approach to crime causation and criminal responsibility that emphasizes free will and reasonable punishments.

• a. Classical School

• b. Feminist criminology

• c. Social learning theory

• d. Psychological School

A theoretical approach that holds that crime is the natural consequence of economic and other social inequities is called:

• a.Positivist theory.

• b.Conflict theory.

• c.Social theory.

• d.Biological theory.

An explanation that accounts for a set of facts that can be tested by further investigation is known as:

• a. Deviance.

• b. Theory.

• c. Hypothesis.

• d. Social process theory.

A perspective on criminological thought that views offensive and deviant behavior as the product of dysfunctional personality is:

• a. Classical School.

  School.

• b. Feminist criminology.

• c. Social learning theory.

• d. Psychological

  School

A theory of human behavior, based on the writings of Sigmund Freud, that sees personality as a complex composite of interacting mental entities is found in:

• a. Social norms.

• b. Behavioral conditioning.

• c. Personality.

• d. Psychoanalysis.