exam 2

Question 1

According to Heide and Soloman’s report, male offenders accounted for more than _____ of all juveniles arrested for murder between 1976 and 2005.
a. Half
b. 75%
c. 90%
d. No data

Answer 1

90%

Question 2

What is the most common method of killing for a JHO?
a. Heavy objects
b. Cutting instruments
c. Fists and other body parts
d. Firearms

Answer 2

Firearms

Question 3

According to Heide, reports of child abuse in the U.S. between the 1970’s and 1990’s _____.
a. Increased
b. Decreased
c. Stayed the same
d. Became substantially non-existent

Answer 3

increased

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a component in connecting the biological effects of childhood abuse to a future in violence and potential homicide?
a. The prefrontal cortex stops expanding
b. Modifying behavior accordingly becomes more difficult
c. The individuals ability to learn from past mistakes decreases
d. Memories of traumatic abuse become trapped in the limbic system

Answer 4

a. The prefrontal cortex stops expanding

Question 5

Which of these medical conditions was found to have a link with homicide among juveniles?
a. Alzheimer’s
b. Epilepsy
c. Fibromyalgia
d. Parkinson’s

Answer 5

Epilepsy

Question 6

According to the study, which of the following attachment styles was most closely associated with the disposal method of not transporting the body and leaving it as is?
a. Fearful-Avoidant
b. Secure
c. Dismissive-Avoidant
d. Anxious-Preoccupied

Answer 6

a. Fearful-Avoidant

Question 7

Infants with anxious and ambivalent attachment styles would …
a. Have little reaction upon their mother’s return
b. Show hostility towards their mother upon their return
c. Engage in self-injurious behavior and chaotic mannerisms upon their mother’s return
d. Seek proximity to their mothers upon their return but not be easily soothed afterwards

Answer 7

d. Seek proximity to their mothers upon their return but not be easily soothed afterwards

Question 8

Children with fearful avoidant attachment styles will often later in life
a. Abuse substances
b. Physically/sexually abuse their partners
c. Struggle with impulsion and regulating their behavior
d. All of the above

Answer 8

d. All of the above

Question 9

Welka associates Donald Gaskins with _______ attachment style and _______ disposal method
a. fearful-avoidant; transport/conceal
b. anxious-preoccupied; no-transport/as-is
c. dismissive-avoidant; transport/dumped
d. none of the above

Answer 9

dismissive-avoidant; transport/dumped