Macro Theories of Crime Focus on Individual Differences Between Law-Abiding

question 93

True/False

Macro theories of crime focus on individual differences between law-abiding and law-violating behaviors while micro theories of crime explore the large-scale social explanations for crime.

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Definitions:

Cross-Cultural Research

The study of similarities and differences in behavior, traditions, values, and social norms across different cultures.

Ekman's Idea

Refers to psychologist Paul Ekman's theory that there are six basic emotions - happiness, sadness, fear, disgust, anger, and surprise - which are universal across human cultures.

Core Affect

A fundamental psychological state underlying mood and emotions, representing the most basic feelings of pleasure or displeasure and arousal or sleepiness.

Pleasantness and Arousal

Dimensions used in emotion research, indicating respectively how positive or negative an emotion is, and how much it physiologically activates or excites an individual.