Psychology Quiz

What is the term for a legally established inability to understand right from wrong or conform behavior to legal requirements?

• Insanity (legal)

• Irresistible-impulse test

• Attachment theory

• Modeling

Which term describes a personality disorder characterized by antisocial behavior, believed to be innate?

• Sociopath

• Ego

• Superego

• Id

What is the term for the moral aspect of personality, similar to a conscience?

• Superego

• Id

• Ego

• Psychopath

Which term refers to a standard for judging a person's mental state or psychological condition that considers whether the offender could resist committing the crime due to their mental state?

• Irresistible-impulse test

• M’Naughten rule

• Attachment theory

• Modeling

What is the term for a research approach that produces measurable, numerical results?

• Modeling

• Attachment theory

• Id

• Ego

What is the classification of individuals based on body type and physical traits called?

• Frustration-Aggression Theory

• Somatotyping

• Neuroplasticity

• Rational choice theory

Which theory states that frustration is a root cause of crime and that criminal behavior can result from stress reduction?

• Endomorph

• Frustration-Aggression Theory

• Neoclassical criminology

• Intersubjectivity

What is a body type characterized as soft and round known as?

• Mesomorph

• Ectomorph

• Endomorph

• Classical School

Which method states that independent observers must see the same thing under the same conditions for observations to be valid?

• Qualitative method

• Quantitative method

• Hypothesis

• Replicability

What is the idea that individuals commit crimes after weighing the benefits and risks?

• Rational choice theory

• Neoclassical criminology

• Theory

• Hypothesis