Petersilia Makes a Persuasive Case for Investing in Prison Programs

question 12

Multiple Choice

Petersilia makes a persuasive case for investing in prison programs that will provide inmates with

• A) meaningful work experience
• B) education
• C) anger management programs
• D) all of the above

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Definitions:

Innate Learning

Refers to the natural capability to understand and process information from birth, suggesting some knowledge or skills are not acquired but inherent.

Information Processing

A cognitive approach that considers how individuals encode, store, and retrieve information almost like a computer processing data.

Behaviorist

A proponent of the psychological approach focusing on observable behaviors and the ways in which they're learned, rather than on cognitive or emotional processes.

Piagetian

Piagetian relates to the theories of cognitive development proposed by Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget, focusing on how children develop intellectual abilities.