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2. Importance:______________________.
3. Qualifications of these problems:
QUESTIONS ON: ARE CRIMINALS MADE OR BORN?
(paras. 1-14)
1.According to para.l, what is the answer to the title question?
2.According to para.2, what is the answer to the title question?
3.What is the author's answer to the title question?
4. Summarize the research findings in paragraph 3 in one sentence.
5.According to paragraph 4, what are the two main social explanations for the effects of age and sex on
crime? (This involves generalizing)
a.
b.
6.According to para.4, social scientists eventually questioned «purely social explanations» (1.41) for the
effects of age and sex on crime because:_________________________
______________________________everywhere despite the fact that____________________
7. Line 69 states, «There is evidence». Para.6 gives us evidence that_____________________________
8.When trying to find out if a trait is genetic, it is helpful to compare identical twins with fraternal twins
because
a. while both sets of twins have_____________
b. identical twins also have_________________
9.Thus, if the identical twins are more similar in behavior than the fraternal twins, we can conclude that the
similarity was influenced by_______________________.
10 Para.ll, lines 135, 136, says «essentially the same results are found in studies of adopted children».
a. the same results as____________________.
b. In what way are they the same?
11. Give three reasons why researchers would hesitate to say genetic contributions are responsible for crime.
a.
b.
c.
12. Find and list 10 synonyms for cause/effect/reason and result or verbs that are associated with cause-
effect relationship
Line(s): Word or phrase:
ARE CRIMINALS MADE OR BORN? (paras 15 - end) IQ as a HERITABLE BASE for CRIMINAL
BEHAVIOR
1. List 3 reasons why some criminologists have objected to the view that low IQ is a cause of criminal
behavior.
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b.
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7.
How does the writer counter their objections?
a.