Which of the Following Theories Best Explains the Delinquency of Adolescents

question 34

Multiple Choice

Which of the following theories best explains the delinquency of adolescents who are restricted in their activities and break curfew as a means of obtaining adult privileges?

• A) strain
• B) social learning
• C) control
• D) labeling

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Definitions:

Olivine

A green iron-magnesium silicate mineral that composes much of the upper mantle and also occurs in mafic and ultramafic igneous rocks.

Plagioclase

A very common rock-forming feldspar mineral that contains sodium, calcium, or both elements.

Crystallization

The process by which a solid forms, where the atoms or molecules are highly structured in a pattern extending in all three spatial dimensions.

Felsic Minerals

Light-colored minerals that are rich in silica and aluminum, commonly found in continental crust rocks like granite.