Author Question: Which of the following statements about latent trait theory is false? a. People do not change, ... (Read 90 times)

brutforce · **on:** Aug 12, 2018

Which of the following statements about latent trait theory is false?

a. People do not change, criminal opportunities change.
b. Early social control and proper parenting can reduce criminal propensity.
c. Unchanging personal factors are more important determinants of behavior.
d. Nurture not nature determines one's propensity to crime.

Question 2

In Laub and Sampson's follow-up of the Glueck study, when participants in their 60s and 70s were asked what the most important element for going straight was, they replied:

a. it was pretty hard getting up in the morning after having a few cold ones
b. the knifing off of individuals from their immediate environment
c. landing a big job with a defense contractor
d. I just can't sneak into the second floor windows like I used to