The nation of the criminal victimization increases when there is a convergence of motivated offenders and suitable targets

Related Mcqs:

1. Victim surveys generally indicate______ rate of victimization than do number of crimes known to the police.

   A. lower
   B. higher
   C. inferior
   D. similar

2. What is the fear- victimization paradox?

   A. Those who fear crime the most tend to become the victims of crime
   B. There is little, or no relationship between and individual’s risk of victimization and their level of fear of crime
   C. It simply refers to the fear of being a victim of crime
   D. It refers to the group of people who are least bothered by the risk of being “victimized

3. Convergence of the eyes is controlled primarily by ______________?

   A. extrinsic muscles of the eye
   B. curvature of lens
   C. ciliary muscles of eye
   D. muscles of iris

4. As a person caloric intake increases, his weight gain also increases. This is an example of ____________?

   A. case history
   B. correlation
   C. negative correlation
   D. positive correlation

5. The brain structure that plays a critical role in ‘motivated’ behaviors such as eating and sexual activity is the ___________?

   A. cerebral cortex
   B. amygdala
   C. corpus collosum
   D. hypothalamus

6. Ehsan has a job that pays well, and he recently moved to a neighborhood where there is a little crime. Lately he finds that he is thinking seriously about finding the right person to settle down with, and raising a family. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, at this point in time Ehsan is most likely motivated by:

   A. belongingness and love needs
   B. aesthetic needs
   C. the need for self-actualization
   D. esteem needs

7. According to Higgins’ self-discrepancy theory, what are individuals motivated to do?

   A. Attain the attributes of the ought self
   B. Attain the attributes of the ideal self
   C. Reduce discrepancies between the actual self and ideal self
   D. Reduce discrepancies between the actual self and ought self
   E. All of the above

8. Behavior that is altered by external stimuli or rewards is motivated by:

   A. Punishers
   B. Reinforces
   C. Shaping
   D. Incentives

9. Foolish conformity to peer pressure is most likely to be motivated by_____needs.

   A. Sexual
   B. achievement
   C. self-actualization
   D. safety
   E. belongingness

10. Current research considers human sexual behavior to be motivated by what factors in the brain?

    A. External sensory stimuli and organism’s internal state
    B. Pre-optic area and estrogen
    C. Interpersonal attraction and financial stability
    D. Intelligence and physical attractiveness