If You Were a Researcher Attempting to Explain the Etiology

question 15

Multiple Choice

If you were a researcher attempting to explain the etiology of delinquency, which one of the following would be your best choice of data?

• A) official data
• B) self-report data
• C) systemic data
• D) victim data

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Definitions:

Tertiary

Pertaining to the third order, stage, level, or degree in a sequence.

Trait Theorists

Psychologists who study personality, focusing on the identification and measurement of consistent behavior patterns referred to as traits.

Biological

Pertaining to the processes and phenomena of living organisms or life itself.

Neo-Freudian

Refers to psychologists who accepted Freud's basic theory of psychoanalysis but modified and expanded upon it in various ways, particularly concerning social and cultural factors.