Joey is 17 and became involved at an early age in property crimes involving theft, robbery, and arson. His mother never disciplined him and his father reacts with severe verbal abuse. Joey has never been appropriately socialized or taught standards of
conduct to regulate his behavior and is a(n) __________.
a) socialized delinquent
b) socialized adolescent
c) undersocialized delinquent
d) undersocialized adolescent
Answer: c
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a. sensorimotor b. formal operational c. concrete operational d. preoperational