Which of the following statements about juvenile delinquency is true?
A) Delinquency involves misconduct, but not illegal behavior.
B) Almost all teenagers admit to having committed some sort of delinquent act.
C) Juveniles account for about 4 percent of police arrests.
D) For most delinquents, a brush with the law forecasts adult criminal behavior.
B
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A. meta-analysis B. replication C. significance test D. correlation
Stacey suffers from a psychophysiological disorder. Which statement about her condition isaccurate?
a. Psychological factors play an important role in her physical condition. b. Her condition is psychological, not physical. c. She most likely suffers from conversion disorder. d. Medical treatment will provide the best outcome for her disorder.
When Tasha was only nine years old, her two older brothers told her scary stories about vampires while she was in a dark room. As an adult, Tasha is still afraid of the dark. Based on classical conditioning principles, a behavioral therapist would suggest that the dark is acting as:
a. an unconditioned stimulus b. an unconditioned response c. a conditioned stimulus d. a conditioned response
A definition of a variable in terms of the activities a research uses to measure or manipulate it is a(n):
a. operational definition b. functional definition c. well-defined variable d. measure definition