One of the Longest-Standing and Most Agreed Upon Facts in Studying

question 27

Multiple Choice

One of the longest-standing and most agreed upon facts in studying juvenile delinquency is that __________ and __________ are related.

• A)weather and crime
• B)IQ and crime
• C)social class and marital status
• D)age and crime

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Definitions:

Conditioned Stimulus

An initially indifferent stimulus which, after being combined with an unconditioned stimulus, triggers a conditioned response.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In traditional conditioning, a stimulus instinctively and spontaneously elicits a response without needing any previous learning.

Discrimination

The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex; in psychology, it also refers to the ability to perceive and differentiate between stimuli.

Stimulus Generalization

The process in which a response that is originally elicited by a specific stimulus also becomes elicited by other, similar stimuli.