A. Early interventions may be costly, but they are more cost effective than ignoring the problem- this would result in higher costs of society for dealing with delinquent children later in life
B. If acted on interventions can be effective at reducing future delinquency
C. It is predictive of later more serious behavior
D. All of the above
Related Mcqs:
- If psychology can be defined as the science of behavior and the mind, why are the data in psychology always drawn from behavior?
A. behavior can be influenced by physiology and the mind cannot
B. behavior can be influenced by the environment and the mind cannot
C. behavior can be observed and the mind cannot
D. All of above - Why was the Stanford prison experiment ended early?
A. The experimenters got enough data
B. Too many participants quit
C. The administration could not longer support it
D. The participants were taking their roles too seriously - Early research on the patterns of behavior observed in people during epileptic seizures advanced the idea that:
A. Seizure were caused by chemical discharges in the brain
B. The cortex can be surgically removed to reduce seizures
C. Brain regions have highly specialized functions
D. (b) and (c) - Watson argued that all behavior is composed of reflexive responses to stimuli, but Skinner later argued that behavior is determined ____________?
A. patterns
B. consequences of responses
C. predictability of responses
D. strength of responses - Nami’s actions resemble movie stereotype of “crazy” behavior. Her personality disintegration is extreme. She engages in silly laughter, bizarre mannerisms, and obscene behavior. Her diagnosis is probably:
A. paranoid schizophrenia
B. borderline schizophrenia
C. catatonic schizophrenia
D. disorganized schizophrenia - Josh starts smoking in order to experience the pleasurable feedings associated with nicotine. This behavior is best explained by the_______theory of motivation. Eventually, however josh becomes physically addicted to nicotine and now he needs the drug to reduce the cravings he feels. Josh’s behavior is now best explained by______theory.
A. arousal; Incentive
B. drive reduction; arousal
C. drive; reduction; incentive
D. incentive; drive; reduction - Josh starts smoking in order to experience the pleasurable feelings associated with nicotine. This behavior is best explained by the______-theory of motivation. Eventually, however, josh becomes physically addicted to nicotine and now the needs the drug to reduce the cravings he feels. Josh’s behavior is now best explained by______theory.
A. arousal; incentive
B. drive reduction; arousal
C. drive reduction; incentive
D. incentive; drive reduction - Thorndike’s “Law of Effect” was an early form of the present day principle of _____________?
A. Extinction
B. Reinforcement
C. Contiguity
D. Trial and error
E. None of these - When visual information out an object is perceived, which model of perceptual processing emphasizes on-going feedback between the higher centers of the brain(e.g., cognition) and the early stages of processing (e.g., sensory receptors)?
A. Recurrent processing model
B. Serial processing model
C. Parallel processing model
D. Selective adaptation model - In the early treatment for assessing mental distress, physiognomy was use to study which of the following?
A. Shape of skull
B. Mental healing
C. Shape of face
D. Treating mental illness using magnets
