Imagine That in Class Your Criminology Professor Gave an Example

question 47

Multiple Choice

Imagine that in class your criminology professor gave an example of a selective observation she saw in the field. Which of the following resembles the example she provided?

• A) Her colleague believed that only youth who experienced trauma in childhood committed violence and this is how she interpreted the results of a survey she collected.
• B) Her colleague believed that all boys engaged in vandalism and assumed that all the boys in her study engaged in vandalism too.
• C) Her colleague jumped immediately to the conclusion that depictions of violence in media led to violence in all youth.
• D) Her colleague found her data did not support one of her beliefs, but she still did not want to admit she was wrong.

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Definitions:

Sigmund Freud

Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Successful Resolution

Refers to the effective resolution of problems or conflicts, resulting in a satisfactory outcome for all parties involved.

Oedipus

In psychoanalytic theory, a complex of emotions aroused in a young child, typically around the age of 4, by an unconscious sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex and a wish to exclude the parent of the same sex.

Electra Complex

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