Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Early psychosocial theories of crime strongly emphasized the roles of intelligence and temperament.
2. Low IQ can impact many areas of life that in turn can increase the probability of offending.
3. Altruism refers to the ability to understand the feelings and distress of others as if they were your own.
4. The autonomic nervous system (ANS) carries out the basic housekeeping functions of the body by funneling subconscious messages from the environment to the various internal organs so that they may keep us in a state of biological balance.
5. Individuals with a readily aroused ANS are difficult to socialize.


1. True
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. False

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