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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

Psychology is the scientific study of human behavior, mental processes, emotions, and personality. It is an important subject for competitive exams such as PPSC, FPSC, NTS, OTS, KPPSC, BPSC, AJKPSC, CSS, and PMS.

What can we correctly state about young offenders?

A Children rated most trouble some at an early age tend become the more persistent offenders

B Some research suggests that for 8- 25 years old most offending occurs at about 16- 17 years and tail of to a plateau

C Young offenders are rarely imprisoned for a single offence, rather for a number of offences

D All of the above we can correctly state about young offenders

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Correct Answer: All of the above we can correctly state about young offenders

Which of the following interventions aimed at a variety of factors (believed to affect the risk of criminality) produced the most promising outcomes according to Yoshikawa (1965)?

A Direct support for parents and early childhood education

B Interventions which take place between prenatal and primary school entry

C Direct support for parents

D Early education

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Correct Answer: Early education

What were the predictors of sexual delinquency by Langstrom in his study of 15- 20 years old?

A Early childhood conduct disorder

B Those factors which predict non- sexual delinquency such as low family income, poor accommodation, poor parenting

C Early onset of sexually abusive behavior, male victims, multiple victims and poor social skills

D Previous criminality, psychopathy and use of death/ threats at time of index offence

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Correct Answer: Early onset of sexually abusive behavior, male victims, multiple victims and poor social skills

What can we not say about moral reasoning and delinquency?

A When moral issues are related to crime the differences between male delinquents and male non- delinquents are their greatest

B Male delinquents are typically at Kohlberg’s pre- conventional level compare to male non- delinquents

C Offenders were typically at Kohlberg’s conventional level of moral reasoning, i.e. obtaining social approval compared non- offenders

D Non-offenders males tend to be at a lower level of moral reasoning than non- offendring females

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Correct Answer: Offenders were typically at Kohlberg’s conventional level of moral reasoning, i.e. obtaining social approval compared non- offenders

Isomorphism hypothesis would state that:

A abuse causes post-traumatic stress and thus a need to re- enact the experience

B if a mother has been abused this increases the risk of a child’s potential for being an abuser in the future

C physically abused children tend to commit physically violent offences whereas sexually abused children tend to commit sexually violent crimes in adulthood

D the effect of violence are more generally pathogenic than simply ‘violence leads to violence

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Correct Answer: physically abused children tend to commit physically violent offences whereas sexually abused children tend to commit sexually violent crimes in adulthood

Why should early problem behavior not by neglected?

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

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Correct Answer: All of the above

Statutory rape is:

A penile penetration of any child below the age of consent to sexual intercourse

B rape of a female adult

C any form of sexual act that a woman may not wish

D rape of someone under mitigating circumstances

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Correct Answer: penile penetration of any child below the age of consent to sexual intercourse

Which of the following is?

A Rape is frequently viewed as a crime of power, control and violence rather than sexual gratification

B There is a general trend that sexual offending begins in the early life of an offender

C Rapists have claimed to have experienced more psychological abuse than nonsexual violent offenders

D Rape of older women by strangers tends to feature more strongly in rape statistics

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Correct Answer: Rape of older women by strangers tends to feature more strongly in rape statistics

Learning is based on:

A Knowledge

B Comprehension

C Understanding

D Practice

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Correct Answer: Practice

Sexual fantasy is accepted as a driving force in sexual offending. Which of the following raises over this assumed simple link between fantasy and offending?

A Sexual offences are often non- consummatory

B When treatment is mainly directed at reducing fantastic recidivism actually increases

C Unacceptable themes are found in the fantasy of ‘normal’ individuals but they don’t have to be acted upon in order to have erotic effects

D All of the above

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

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What can we correctly state about young offenders?

Which of the following interventions aimed at a variety of factors (believed to affect the risk of criminality) produced the most promising outcomes according to Yoshikawa (1965)?

What were the predictors of sexual delinquency by Langstrom in his study of 15- 20 years old?

What can we not say about moral reasoning and delinquency?

Isomorphism hypothesis would state that:

Why should early problem behavior not by neglected?

Statutory rape is:

Which of the following is?

Learning is based on:

Sexual fantasy is accepted as a driving force in sexual offending. Which of the following raises over this assumed simple link between fantasy and offending?