PSYCHOLOGY OF CRIMINAL AND VIOLENT
BEHAVIOUR 1ST EDITION LYON EXAMS SET
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
EXPERT VERIFIED
◉ Temperament is determined largely by genetics
TRUE or FALSE
Answer: true
◉ Lead exposure and maternal malnutrition are examples of
environmental hazards
TRUE or FALSE
Answer: true
◉ Operant and social learning originated from a school of
psychological thought called
a. psychoanalysis
b. determinism
c. social learning
d. behaviorism
Answer: c. social learning
,◉ Increasing desired behavior by distributing rewards is known as
a. extinction
b. negative reinforcement
c. punishment
d. positive reinforcement
Answer: d. positive reinforcement
◉ Bandura's position is essentially correct, then aggressive and
violent behavior can be substantially reduced by
a. providing appropriate models
b. physically punishing children for aggressive behavior
c. controlling the sale of guns and weapons in our society
d. reducing high school truancy
Answer: a
◉ for most people, becoming part of a group promotes feelings of
anonymity
TRUE or FALSE
Answer: true
, ◉ Increasing behavior by avoiding an unpleasant stimulus is
referred to as punishment
TRUE or FALSE
Answer: false
◉ According to Berkowitz, in order for frustration to occur, the
person must have ________.
Answer: high hope for goal attainment
◉ Milgram's classic obedience studies found that ________ of people
are willing to shock a victim with high levels of electric shock
primarily on the basis of request from an experimenter.
Answer: a majority (or about two-thirds)
◉ The theorist most associated with stimulus-response psychology
is ________.
Answer: John Watson
◉ When we specifically attribute good aspects about ourselves to
dispositional factors, and bad things to the environment, we are
demonstrating ________.
Answer: self-serving bias
BEHAVIOUR 1ST EDITION LYON EXAMS SET
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
EXPERT VERIFIED
◉ Temperament is determined largely by genetics
TRUE or FALSE
Answer: true
◉ Lead exposure and maternal malnutrition are examples of
environmental hazards
TRUE or FALSE
Answer: true
◉ Operant and social learning originated from a school of
psychological thought called
a. psychoanalysis
b. determinism
c. social learning
d. behaviorism
Answer: c. social learning
,◉ Increasing desired behavior by distributing rewards is known as
a. extinction
b. negative reinforcement
c. punishment
d. positive reinforcement
Answer: d. positive reinforcement
◉ Bandura's position is essentially correct, then aggressive and
violent behavior can be substantially reduced by
a. providing appropriate models
b. physically punishing children for aggressive behavior
c. controlling the sale of guns and weapons in our society
d. reducing high school truancy
Answer: a
◉ for most people, becoming part of a group promotes feelings of
anonymity
TRUE or FALSE
Answer: true
, ◉ Increasing behavior by avoiding an unpleasant stimulus is
referred to as punishment
TRUE or FALSE
Answer: false
◉ According to Berkowitz, in order for frustration to occur, the
person must have ________.
Answer: high hope for goal attainment
◉ Milgram's classic obedience studies found that ________ of people
are willing to shock a victim with high levels of electric shock
primarily on the basis of request from an experimenter.
Answer: a majority (or about two-thirds)
◉ The theorist most associated with stimulus-response psychology
is ________.
Answer: John Watson
◉ When we specifically attribute good aspects about ourselves to
dispositional factors, and bad things to the environment, we are
demonstrating ________.
Answer: self-serving bias
