CC210: MID-TERM EXAMINATION #2 STUDY GUIDE

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1 CC210: MID-TERM EXAMINATION #2 STUDY GUIDE The exam will cover lectures, videos and readings from the course text book for Week 5 through to the end of psychopathy (Week 8) The exam will consist two parts: PART 1: PART 2: TOTAL: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (40 QUESTIONS, 1 MARK EACH) SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (3 QUESTIONS, 5 MARKS EACH) OUT OF 55 MARKS EXAMINATION DATE: Wednesday November 14 th, 2012 You will have the full class time to complete the mid-term examination and it will be worth 20% of your final grade for the course. The mid-term examination will be in the same classroom as the lectures. You are expected to be familiar with all material covered in the course up to the end of Week 8 this includes material from the readings that were not discussed in the lecture. Study Tip 1: The emphasis on this exam, like the last one, is on lecture-based content, slides, and class discussion. Study Tip 2: Good preparation and comprehensive study notes are the key to success for the short answer questions. Be sure your study notes FULLY answer all parts of the question, and that you make 5-6 unique points. Sample Multiple Choice Questions for Midterm 2 1. The process whereby people lose their identities and feel less responsible in a crowd is called: a) deindividuation. b) mob-angry reaction. c) reciprocal interaction. d) crowd masking. e) mob effect. 2. Milgram, in his studies, found that of people are willing to shock a victim with high levels of electric shock primarily on the basis of request from an experimenter. a) about 25%

2 b) a small portion (less than 10%) c) a majority (or about two-thirds) d) about half e) none of the above 3. A common human tendency to discount the influence of a situation and explain behavior by referring to the personality of an actor is called: a) reductionism. b) type I error. c) ecological error. d) fundamental attribution error. e) type II error. 4. If Bandura s position is essentially correct, then aggressive and violent behavior can be substantially reduced by: a) providing appropriate models. b) physically punishing children for aggressive behavior. c) allowing children to blow off steam in socially desirables ways. d) controlling the sale of guns and weapons in our society. e) reducing high school truancy. 5. Increasing desired behavior by distributing rewards is: a) discipline. b) negative reinforcement. c) punishment. d) extinction. e) positive reinforcement. 6. Which of the following behaviors represents an example of passive-aggressive behavior? a) Slapping someone b) Refusing to speak to someone c) Shouting at someone d) Shooting someone e) Robbing someone 7. In hostile aggression, the perpetrator s primary goal is to: a) ridicule the victim. b) kill the victim. c) make the victim suffer. d) obtain an item of value. e) avenge a wrong. 8. Lorenz believed that a principle purpose of aggression in animals is to: a) keep the species population down to a survival level. b) kill other species. c) reproduce d) demonstrate which species is the most powerful and controlling.

3 e) defend and protect staked out territory. 9. Freud believed the causes of aggression to be basically: a) instinctive. b) learned. c) an interaction between biological and environmental factors. d) biochemical. e) all of the above. 10. After getting into a physical altercation with a co-worker at his job site, George tailgates two cars on the drive home and throws a cell phone at his wife when he arrives home to find that dinner is not ready. The George s behavior toward his wife can be best described through: a) excitation transfer theory. b) Medea complex. c) road rage. d) rumination. e) weapons effect. 11. refers to self-focused attention toward one s thoughts and feelings. In other words, the person keeps thinking about an incident long after it is over. a) Expressive aggression b) Rumination c) Nodal behavior d) Antinodal behavior e) Subliminal foci 12. According to Freud, the human aggression can best be described as: a) a sign of narcissism b) the release of pent-up energy c) functional behavior d) bottling up emotions e) rare 13. The term refers to the cognitive shortcuts people use to make quick inferences about their world. a) coercion b) cognitive reframing c) signatories d) cognitive ease e) availability heuristics 14. The phenomenon whereby the mere presence of a gun or other weapon can stimulate violence is called: a) confirmation bias. b) stimulus provocation.

4 c) weapons effect. d) weapons focus. e) iatrogenic effect. 15. Terrorist activity is often included in which of the FBI's category of homicide? a) Group cause homicide b) Criminal enterprise murder c) Personal cause murder d) Sexual homicide e) Politically motivated homicide. 16. When a caregiver fabricates or intentionally causes symptoms in those they are caring for in order to seek and obtain medical treatment, it is usually a case of: a) the woozle effect. b) phanerothyme. c) Munchausen syndrome by proxy. d) Landau-Kleffner syndrome. e) Guillain-Barre syndrome. 17. According to your textbook reading, Filicide refers to the killing of: a) an infant. b) a child older than 24 hours. c) a child by the mother. d) a child within the first 24 hours after birth. e) a sibling. 18. According to your textbook reading, Neonaticide refers to the killing of: a) an infant. b) a child older than 24 hours. c) a child within the first 24 hours after birth. d) a child by the mother. e) a fetus. 19. Which of the following phenomenon is more likely to occur with males as perpetrators? a) Munchausen Syndrome by proxy b) Neonaticide c) Elder abuse d) Filicide e) Shaken baby syndrome 20. The primary psychopath is: a) usually anxious. b) a non-violent criminal. c) capable of remorse. d) usually highly emotional. e) a true psychopath.

5 21. Which of the following behaviors is not characteristic of the psychopath? a) Superficial charm b) Extreme self-centeredness c) Worry and anxiety about the future d) Irresponsibility e) Impulsivity 22. The Psychopathy Checklist was specifically designed to identify: a) secondary psychopaths. b) potential psychopaths during childhood. c) only those psychopaths without criminal tendencies. d) only those psychopaths who engage in violent or sadistic acts. e) psychopaths in male prison populations. 23. Those psychopaths who commit antisocial or violent acts because of severe emotional problems or inner conflicts are referred to as: a) primary psychopaths. b) mentally disordered psychopaths. c) secondary psychopaths. d) psychotic psychopaths. e) disassociative psychopaths. 24. According to the Low-Fear Hypothesis, the behavior of the psychopath appears to be primarily an attempt to: a) receive sexual satisfaction. b) obtain adequate stimulation. c) relive his or her childhood. d) avoid punishment. e) get back at society. 25. A psychopath would most likely explain his criminal behavior by saying: a) I did it because everyone else was doing it. b) I did it for the hell of it. c) I did it because it is what I do best. d) I did it for the money. e) I did it because I ve been wronged. 26. Female psychopaths, compared with male psychopaths: a) commit more property crime. b) have higher recidivism rates. c) are less aggressive and violent. d) have lower recidivism rates. e) receive higher PCL-R scores. 27. Generally speaking, the autonomic nervous system of the psychopath appears to be: a) deformed.

6 b) insufficient. c) ineffective. d) overreactive. e) underaroused. 28. A person who is patient, easy-going, tends to have less-time urgency and is sensitive to the feelings of others most like was what type of personality? a) Type A b) Type B c) Type C d) Narcissistic e) Borderline

7 Short Answer Questions (3 questions, 5 marks each, 15 marks total) There will be 5 written-answer questions on the mid-term examination, you will be asked to pick 3 to answer. These questions will be taken from the sample of questions provided in this study guide. You may use point-form when answering the questions, but be certain to fully answer the question. Each question is worth 5 marks. 1. Describe the process of operant conditioning and give an example of how criminal behavior is acquired through this theory. 2. What is the availability heuristic? Using an example, describe how it might account for our perception of the prevalence of violence in Brantford? 3. Describe Zimbardo s Stanford Prison Experiment. Explain how this study demonstrates the theory of deindividuation. 4. What was the Bobo Doll Experiment? What learning theory does it test? What are the implications for violence portrayed in the media? 5. Explain the Milgram Experiment. What is the key finding of the study and what are the implications for this finding with respect to the fundamental attribution error? 6. Explain human aggression according to Freud s Psychodynamic Theory. 7. Explain Excitation Transfer Theory and provide an example. 8. What is Munchausen s Syndrome? Provide 3 symptoms of the disease. Give a clear example of the by proxy version of the illness. 9. Distinguish hostile and instrumental aggression. Give a clear example of each. 10. What is psychopathy? Identify the two main dimensions of psychopathy and give 2 traits for each dimension. Which dimension would Ferdinand Waldo Demara (The Great Imposter) likely score high on if you had administered the PCL-R? 11. What is the difference between primary, secondary, and dyssocial psychopaths? 12. What is Narcissism? To which cluster does this personality disorder belong? Explain why this personality disorder is related to aggression. Good luck!