Delinquency Has Been Found to Be Negatively Related to IQ

question 27

True/False

Delinquency has been found to be negatively related to IQ, but the effects of IQ on delinquency are relatively weak, indirect, and do not hold over time.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

Through Operant Conditioning, an individual's behavior is altered by the use of punishments or reinforcements to increase or decrease its frequency.

Insight Learning

A form of cognitive learning where the solution to a problem suddenly becomes clear without trial-and-error, often through understanding the underlying structure of the problem.

Observational Learning

A learning process through watching the behaviors of others and then imitating or modeling those behaviors.

Retention

The ability to maintain or keep information in the mind, or the act of preserving something.