Walter Miller's View of Delinquency Is That Delinquent Boys Are

question 12

Multiple Choice

Walter Miller's view of delinquency is that delinquent boys are __________.

• A)responding to the focal concerns of lower-class life
• B)members of one or another of three basic lower-class subcultures
• C)members of a delinquent subculture because they aspire to,but cannot reach,middle-class standards
• D)delinquent because they have been associating with delinquent peer groups
• E)adopting deviant means to reach socially approved goals

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Definitions:

Mnemonic Devices

Techniques a person can use to help them improve their ability to remember something.

Retroactive Interference

The phenomenon where newly acquired information hinders the recall of previously learned information.

Anterograde Amnesia

A condition characterized by an inability to form new memories following the onset of the disorder, though long-term memories from before the event remain intact.

Encoding Failure

A situation where the brain fails to create a memory link to information, making it difficult to remember later.