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Just as monkeys do in their rough-and-tumble play, human children _____.

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Correct Answer: Look angry.

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According to somatotyping, the type of temperament or personality associated with an endomorphic (obese) body type; these people tend to be jolly, lazy, and happy-go-lucky

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Correct Answer: Viscerotonic

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According to somatotyping, the type of temperament or personality associated with _____ body type is known as Viserotonic.

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Correct Answer: Endomorphic

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The physical manifestations of atavism (biological inferiority), according to Lombroso

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Correct Answer: Stigmata

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Stigmata is the physical manifestations of atavism (biological inferiority), according to Lombroso.

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Correct Answer: True

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The area of study, primarily attributed to William Sheldon, that links body type to likelihood of delinquent and criminal behavior.

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Correct Answer: Somatotonic

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Somatotyping is a way of ranking body types based on categories which include_____

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Correct Answer: All of these

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According to somatotyping, the type of temperament or personality associated with a mesomorphic (muscular) body type; tends to be risk-taking and aggressive

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Correct Answer: Somatotonic

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According to somatotyping, the type of temperament or personality associated with ______ body type; tends to be risk-taking and aggressive is known as Somatotonic.

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Correct Answer: Mesomorphic

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Positive School is a perspective that assumes that individuals have free will to control their behavior

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Correct Answer: False

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A perspective that assumes that individuals have no free will to control their behavior is known as _____

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Correct Answer: Positive School

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Physiognomy is the The study of __________ aspects to identify developmental problems, such as criminality

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Correct Answer: Facial

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The study of facial and other bodily aspects to identify developmental problems is known as _____

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Correct Answer: Physiognomy

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Phrenology is the science of determining human disposition based on distinctions in the_____

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Correct Answer: Skull

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Phrenology is the science of determining human disposition based on distinctions (e.g., bumps) in the

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Correct Answer: Skull

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Minor physical anomalies are physical features, such as asymmetrical or low-seated ears, which are believed to indicate developmental problems

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Correct Answer: True

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Physical features, such as asymmetrical or low-seated ears, which are believed to indicate developmental problems refers to _____

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Correct Answer: Minor Physical Anomalies

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According to somatotyping, the body type associated with an emphasis on middle during embryonic development are

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Correct Answer: Mesomorphic

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According to somatotyping, the body type associated with an emphasis on the _____ layer of tissue during embryonic development is known as Mesomorphic.

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Correct Answer: Middle

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Mesoderm is the medical term for the middle layer of tissue in our bodies, including _____

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Feeble Mindedness is a technical, scientific term used in the early 20th century to denote a significantly _____ level of intelligence.

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Correct Answer: Below average

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The study of and policies related to the improvement of the human race via discriminatory control over reproduction are called

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Correct Answer: Eugenics

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Eugenics is the study of and policies related to the improvement of the human race via discriminatory control over _____

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Correct Answer: Reproduction

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According to somatotyping, the body type associated with an emphasis on the inner layer of tissue (endoderm) during embryonic development

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Correct Answer: Endomorphic

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According to somatotyping, the body type associated with an emphasis on the inner layer of tissue during embryonic development is known as _____

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Correct Answer: Endomorphic

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Endoderm is the medical term for the _____ layer of tissue in our bodies

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Correct Answer: Inner

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Endoderm is the medical term for the inner layer of tissue in our bodies, which is _____

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Correct Answer: Both

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According to somatotyping, the body type associated with an emphasis on the ________ layer of tissue during embryonic development is Ectomorphic

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Correct Answer: Outer

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According to somatotyping, the body type associated with an emphasis on the outer layer of tissue during embryonic development is known as _____

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Correct Answer: Ectomorphic

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Ectoderm he medical term for the _______ layer of tissue in our bodies, including skin, capillaries, and much of the nervous system sensors

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Correct Answer: Outer

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The medical term for the outer layer of tissue in our bodies, including skin, capillaries, and much of the nervous system sensors (5)

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Correct Answer: All of these

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The assumption that human behavior is caused by factors outside of free will and rational decision-making refers to

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Correct Answer: Determinism

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Determinism is the assumption that human behavior is caused by factors _____

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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A 19th-century field of study that emphasized the belief that the size of the brain or skull reflected superiority or inferiority, with larger brains and skulls being considered superior

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Correct Answer: Craniometry

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Craniometry is a 19th-century field of study that emphasized the belief that the _____ of the brain or skull reflected superiority or inferiority.

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Correct Answer: Size

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_____________ according to somatotyping, the type of temperament or personality associated with an ectomorphic (thin) body type; these people tend to be introverted and shy

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Correct Answer: Cerebrotonic

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According to somatotyping, the type of temperament or personality associated with an _____ body typ is known as Cerebrotonic.

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Correct Answer: Ectomorphic

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The belief that certain characteristics or behaviors of a person are throwbacks to an earlier stage of evolutionary development is called

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Correct Answer: Atavism

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Atavism is the belief that certain characteristics or behaviors of a person are throwbacks to an earlier stage of nonevolutionary development.

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Correct Answer: False

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The science of determining human dispositions based on distinctions in the skull, which are believed to conform to the shape of the brain.

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Correct Answer: Phrenology

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The belief that the size of the brain or skull represented the superiority or inferiority of certain individuals or ethnic/racial groups is called ______.

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Correct Answer: Craniometry

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In the case of Buck v. Bell (1927), the Supreme Court upheld the use of sterilization for the purposes of limiting reproduction among individuals who were deemed “feeble-minded.”

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Correct Answer: True

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The study and policies related to the improvement of the human race via control over selective reproduction is called ______.

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Correct Answer: Eugenics

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The Positive School is based on the fundamental prediction that factors outside of free will/choice, such as biological, psychological, and sociological variables determine the choices we make regarding all types of behavior.

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Correct Answer: True

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Binet argued that IQ scores were static and could not be changed.

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Correct Answer: False

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According to Lombroso, a person was considered atavistic if they exhibited more than five stigmata.

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Correct Answer: True

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______ are physical manifestations of the atavism of an individual, with such physical features being indications of the prior evolutionary stages of development.

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Correct Answer: Stigmata

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According to Sheldon, there are three body types: endomorphic, mesomorphic, and ectomorphic.

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Correct Answer: True

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Who is considered the father of criminology, as well as the father of the Positive School of criminological thought?

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Correct Answer: Lombroso

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Determinism is the idea that most human behavior is determined by factors beyond free will and free choice.

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Correct Answer: True

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______ have the highest propensity toward criminality due to their disposition toward a risk-taking and aggressive personality.

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Correct Answer: Mesomorphs

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The study of facial and other bodily aspects in order to indicate developmental problems, such as criminality is called ______.

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Correct Answer: Physiognomy

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