What Research Is Representative of the View That Certain Characteristics

question 46

Multiple Choice

What research is representative of the view that certain characteristics of delinquent youths increase the probability that they will be aggressive and antisocial and that their actions will involve them with agents of social control?

• A)Personality research
• B)Cognitive research
• C)Nature and nurture research
• D)Social learning research

Appreciate the role of sensory systems in animal behavior for recognizing conspecifics and making habitat choices.

Understand the concept of gene cascades and their impact on complex behaviors.

Recognize individual variation in behavior and its implications for adaptation and mate selection.

Evaluate the implications of behavioral experiments under controlled conditions versus natural behaviors observed in the field.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Psychologist

A professional who studies mental processes such as perception, memory, and problem-solving.

Behavioral Psychologist

A professional who studies and applies principles of learning and behavior to understand and modify human actions.

Sociocultural Psychologist

A professional who studies how societal and cultural influences affect individual behaviors and mental processes.

Social-Cognitive Learning Theorists

Scholars who study how people learn by observing others, emphasizing the role of cognitive processes.