Univeristy of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Mid-term Examination
1. ___________________speculated that mental faculties and traits of character are manifested in
separate portions of the brain.
a. Franz Joseph Gall
b. Sigmund Fraud
c. William Shelton
d. None of the preceding
2.
The above theory was called;
a. Witch Craft
c. Constitutional Typologies
b. Phrenology
d. Psychotherapy
3.
Cesare Lombroso developed the idea of ;
a. atavism b. phrenology c. chronologicalism d. all the preceding
4.
A late 19th century view of criminal behavior based on biological determinism.
a. Positive School of Criminal Criminology
b. Classical School of Criminal Criminology
c. Neo Classical Position
d. Deterrence Theory
5.
A modified version of the Classical theorists that recognized that not all persons were equally rational
and personally responsible for their behavior.
a. Positive School of Criminal Criminology
b. Classical School of Criminal Criminology
c. Neo Classical Position
d. None of the above
6. A contemporary offspring of the Classical School which takes the position stern and prompt
punishment will successfully discourage many juvenile and adult offenders from repeating their illegal
conduct.
a. Positive School of Criminal Criminology
b. Classical School of Criminal Criminology
c. Neo Classical Position
d. Deterrence Theory
7.
A biological throwback to the savage, lower phase of human evolution defines;
a. atavism b. phrenology c. chronologicalism d. all the preceding
8.
The body typology that is most positively correlates most with criminal conduct is;
a. mesomorph b. endomorph c. ectomorph d. all of the above
9.
I t has been popularly believed that part of the difference in crime rates between males and females
may be attributed to psychological differences.
10. Most boys and young men have been socially encouraged to be;
a. lady b. aggressive c. competitive d. feminine e. b & c f. all the preceding
11. Statistics show that females are biologically more aggressive than males, but have been taught a
different social position.
12. Some of the racial differences manifested in official arrest data may be traced to;
a. differential treatment by the police
b. there are more minorities
c. police focus on minorities to make arrests
d. none of the preceding
13. Research has reported that misbehavior during puberty may be linked to hormonal changes.
14. Research has shown that there is a connection between _________________and _________________
deviant behavior;
a. age b. economic status c. weather d. deviant behavior e. a & d
15. Dietary deficiencies may be cause;
a. hyperactivity b. unruly behavior c. delinquency d. all the preceding e. none of the preceding
16. The popular over-consumption of junk foods and refined carbohydrates by youths in the U.S. in
increasingly suspected by researchers to control hyperactive and delinquent behavior.
17. A guilty mind or evil intent defines;
a. vini vidi vici b. mens rea c. actus reus d. none of the preceding
18. A medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disordered or abnormal
behavior;
a. psychology b. sociology c. psycho analysis d. psychiatry
19. A behavioral science that investigates and associates mental processes with behavior;
a. psychology b. sociology c. psycho analysis d. psychiatry
20, A subterranean mental reservoir of unfulfilled desires and feelings accumulate throughout life and not
ordinarily available to conscious thought.
a. psychology b. unconscious c. conscious analysis d. psychiatry
21. The fact that crime is an outgrowth of the repressed, unconscious, emotional traumas of childhood,
was argued by;
a. Eric Burne b. Sigmung Freud c. Linus Pauling d. all the preceding
22.
Saying what ever comes to mind;
a. gossiping b. free babble c. free association d. none of the preceding
23. Founded on the principle that a patient undergoing psychoanalysis will reveal deep characteristics
and unconscious feelings defines;
a. Protective tests b. Rorschach Ink-blot test c. written tests d. projective tests
24.
Utilizing a series of ink-blots as unidentified visual stimuli is
a. Protective tests b. Rorschach Ink-blot test c. written tests
d. projective tests
25. According to Freud most crime is a result of an imbalance in the ego between uncontrolled drives and
society's expectations about behavior.
Essay questions (choose three of the five listed below)
List and describe the three body typologies postulated by William Sheldon.
Describe the difference between the Classical and Positive School of Criminology.
List and describe the three fully developed adult personalities.
What does the Rorschach Ink-blot test show.
Differentiate between Psychiatry and Psychology.