Wilson and Herrnstein state that people become deviant because:
a. their families have failed to socialize them properly.
b. failing to get jobs, they have nowhere else to turn in order to get by.
c. they have become part of a deviant subculture.
d. they feel the rewards of crime outweigh the prospects of punishment.
e. they are genetically pre-programmed for criminal activity.
D
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The development of sexual identity is: a. linear
b. predictive. c. sequential. d. an evolving process.
A researcher was conducting an experiment on a new method to reduce fear of flying and did not use a control group. During this experiment, a high-profile plane crash was reported in the media. What threat to internal validity is this?
a. history b. experimental mortality c. selection biases d. testing e. statistical regression
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What will be an ideal response?