A. Antisocial behavior
B. History of mental illness
C. Family criminality
D. A and C
Related Mcqs:
- Aggression and violent conduct can best predicted by:
A. Antisocial behavior
B. History of mental illness
C. Family criminality
D. A and C - A researcher has children watch 30 minutes of violent television, and then counts the number of times they hit each other afterward in a one-hour play period as a measure of aggression. The researcher causes aggression, however this conclusion may be invalid because:
A. all children are prone to aggressive behavior
B. it is unethical to force children to watch violent television
C. there was no control group
D. aggression wasn’t operationally defined - Who said “aggression is the most prominent in one well-known view, frustration is necessary and sufficient condition for all aggression”.
A. Maslow
B. Miller
C. Lewin
D. None of these - The second stage in the development of violent behavior includes:
A. Distal factors
B. Conduct disorder
C. Poor parenting
D. (b) and (c) - Suppose that psychosurgery is tried to remedy the incontrollable violent behavior of a convicted serial murderer. Which brain structure should probably be operated on?
A. amygdala
B. cerebellum
C. thalamus
D. medulla - Research on the effects of playing violent video games most clearly provides evidence that disconfirms the:
A. mere exposure effect
B. catharsis hypothesis
C. frustration- aggression principle
D. cognitive dissonance theory - In the British Crime survey, who had high levels of worry about burglary and violent crime?
A. Professionals
B. Women
C. Men
D. Those over 75 years- of age - Research evidence suggests that violent people show deficits in which type of social information processing?
A. Anger management
B. Encoding social cues
C. Deception
D. Memory retrieval - The second stage in the development of violent behavior includes:
A. Distal factors
B. Conduct disorder
C. Poor parenting
D. (b) and (c) - Forensic and criminal psychologists should exercise great caution before assuming that the media plays a role in generating violent criminality. Which of the following would support this caution?
A. The media give a similar message about violence as do other sources of socialization. Indeed, the media give messages about when it is appropriate to use violence and when it is not
B. Young violent offenders prefer violent videos compared to controls but they also tend to have been abused by their parents. When this factor is taken into account their media consumption is not different from controls
C. Violent crime statistics in the states show a delayed effect as result of the introduction of violent television but this claim is not supported in Great Britain
D. All of the above
