Life Course Theorists Examine Offending Patterns and Trends

question 23

Multiple Choice

Life course theorists examine offending patterns and trends. Terrie Moffit describes adolescent-limited offenders as ______.

• A) angry adolescents
• B) typical teenagers
• C) classic persisters
• D) standard youth

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Definitions:

Social Contagion

The phenomenon where attitudes, behaviors, or emotions spread through a group or community, often unconsciously.

Social Loafing

Each person’s tendency to exert less effort in a group because of reduced accountability for individual effort.

Group Polarization

The tendency for a group's prevailing attitudes or beliefs to become more extreme after discussing them as a group.

Social Facilitation

Improvement in an individual’s performance because of the presence of others.