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31) ________ are said to be characterized by disordered or disjointed thinking, in which the types of logical associations they make are atypical of other people. a. Psychopaths b. Persons with asocial personalities c. Schizophrenics d. Persons with antisocial personalities e. Sociopaths 32) ________________ may be either organic (resulting from physical damage to, or abnormalities in, the brain) or functional (having no known physical cause). a. Operant behaviour b. Alloplastic adaptation c. Autoplastic adaptation d. Psychosis e. Social learning 33) When a verdict of “not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder” (NCRMD) is made, a ______________________ is ordered to assess whether or not the accused poses any threat to the public or to him- or herself. a. Life sentence hearing b. indefinite hearing c. provisional hearing d. disposition hearing e. Mental Health Act hearing 34) ________ is a branch of forensic psychology which is concerned with the diagnosis and classification of offenders, the treatment of correctional populations, and the rehabilitation of inmates and other law violators. a. Correctional psychology b. Psychopathology c. Forensic psychiatry d. Psychological profiling e. Conditioning 35) The attempt to categorize, understand, and predict the behaviour of certain types of offenders based upon behavioural clues they provide is referred to as ________. a. psychological profiling b. substantial capacity testing c. operant conditioning d. psychiatric criminology e. forensic psychiatry 36) According to ________, crime is the result of fundamental personality characteristics linked to individual central nervous system characteristics. a. Sigmund Freud b. B. F. Skinner c. Albert Bandura d. Hans Eysenck e. Robert Hare 37) An Electroencephalogram, or EEG, measures what? a. Poor behavioural controls b. The gaseous content of an individual c. The inability to establish relationships d. A low tolerance for frustration e. Brainwave activity 38) ________ refers to a legally established inability to understand right from wrong, or to conform one’s behaviour to the requirements of the law. Also, a defence allowable in criminal courts. a. Neurosis b. Guilty but mentally ill c. Mental disorder (legal) d. Dangerousness e. Psychopathy 39) Behaviour theory differs from other psychological theories in that the major determinants of behaviour are envisioned as existing in the environment surrounding the individual rather than ________________. a. in irresistible impulses b. in the individual c. in mental illness d. in psychological profiling e. in the dangers of the mind 40) ________ is the study of pathological mental conditions. a. Psychopathy b. Psychopathology c. Psychiatric criminology d. Correctional psychology e. Forensic psychology