
Crime & Psychology Units 1-3
Quiz by Layla Ellis
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The word “psychology” comes from the words psyche and logos. When combined, these words mean
 Personality is
Behavior is
Some theories argue that your personality develops through childhood. Some theories argue that you’re born with your personality and it doesn’t really change. All of the theories say that _________________.
What is hindsight bias?
fear of closed in spaces
fear of spiders and/or other arachnids
fear of wealth and money
fear of not having your phone
aversion to patterns, holes, and cracks
fear of balloons
fear of buttons
What are the three approaches to defining crime?
What are the two definitions of criminal behavior
What does Consensus Theory state?
When we talk about the Crime Triangle, we say that there needs to be a desire, a target, and an _____________.
In the Crime Triangle, the desire is the ___________ and the target is the _________.
Which of these is not a type of illegal crime?
Which of these would not be considered aiding and abetting
intense fear or aversion to something
 the criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property.
the most serious category of illegal crime
a general agreement
intellectual activity
tension between the poor, the rich, and the middle class
the crime of killing a human being without malice aforethought
helping with or encouraging a crime
entry into a building illegally with intent to commit a crime, especially theft
never ending or changing
the action of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force
You can break up the Crime Triangle by not giving the criminal the Opportunity.
An action or activity that is considered to be evil, shameful, or wrong (but not illegal) is a Deviance
Fear never leads to crime
Match the vocabulary words
Match the Freudian terms