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Which of the following is an example of phrenology?


A) measuring the size of the skull to measure intelligence
B) examining bumps or cavities on the skull to develop a criminal profile
C) measuring the volume of the skull
D) studying facial and other bodily aspects to indicate developmental problems

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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Binet created ______ to identify youth who were not performing up to par on educational skills.


A) a youth typology
B) IQ scores
C) phrenology scores
D) eugenic scores

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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According to Sheldon, the varying degrees of emphasis of certain tissue layers led to the development of all of the following EXCEPT ______.


A) certain body types
B) temperaments
C) personalities
D) sexuality

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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When a person or feature of an individual is a throwback to an early stage of the evolutionary development that individual is said to be ______.


A) naturalistic
B) primitive
C) atavistic
D) autistic

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Lombroso's list of stigmata never changed after established.

A) True
B) False

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What do modern sociologists believe is the reason for the association between mesomorphy and criminality?

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According to Sheldon's results, he belie...

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Explain Lombroso's theory of crime and why Dracula is considered to have Lombrosian traits.

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Lombroso's theory of crime was that he c...

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How did Eugenics shape 20th-century crime policy?

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One of the biggest examples of eugenics ...

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Much of phrenology was aimed to support the assumptions of eugenics.

A) True
B) False

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Explain Sheldon's body-type theory.

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William Sheldon claimed that during the embryonic and fetal stages of development, people had varying degrees of emphasis on certain tissue layers.These varying degrees were largely due to heredity and lead to the development of certain body types, temperaments, or personalities.Sheldon believed that there were three main body types based on the development of the tissue layers, endomorphic, mesomorphic and ectomorphic.Each of these body types coud be scored and were more likely to hold certain personality traits and temperaments.He used this data to examin the association of body types with delinquency or criminality.

Low IQ was labeled as ______ by Goddard.


A) feeblemindedness
B) retardation
C) physiognomy
D) madness

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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The ______ attributed all kinds of behavior, especially crime, on biological, psychological and sociological variables.


A) classical school
B) differential school
C) negativistic school
D) positive school

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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Lombroso is the father of Positivism.

A) True
B) False

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Goddard lowerd the criterion for determining feeblemindedness after testing namely school children.

A) True
B) False

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


A) Craniometry
B) Phrenology
C) Physiognomy
D) Eugenics

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Craniometrists did not know the ethnic or racial group of the individuals they were studying, resulting in ethnical and proper methodology.

A) True
B) False

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Which book (and later movie) was based on Lombrosian traits of the villain?


A) Sherlock Holmes
B) Dracula
C) Frankenstein
D) The Return of Chucky

E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

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Lombroso believed serious criminals were lower forms of humanity.

A) True
B) False

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H.H Goddard classified low IQ individuals as idiots, imbeciles, and abnormal.

A) True
B) False

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The most serious and violent offenders, according to Lombroso, were the ______.


A) born criminals
B) criminaloids
C) atavists
D) missing links

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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