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c.
8.
What may explain the link between IQ and criminality?
a.
b.
c.
4. (Inference) Tne statement, «some highly intelligent criminals may be good at eluding capture is fully
consistent with the belief that offenders, in general, have lower scores than nonofienders» (11.215-220).
This statement implies that the number of intelligent criminals is________________.
TEMPERAMENT as a HERITABLE BASE FOR CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR (paras. 21-25 )
5. What aspects of temperament associated with criminality seem to be biological?
6. How do these characteristics have a negative influence on the social context in which the child is reared?
7. What social contexts can give rise to biological characteristics which are associated with criminality?
REACTIONS TO THE STUDY OF BIOLOGICAL FACTORS IN CRIME
8. What forms has the «political or ideological reaction» taken?
a.
b.
c.
9. Lines: 314, 315 mention «the higher crime rate of black compa- red to white Americans». Do the authors
accept that this has a genetic basis? Yes/No quote a sentence from the text that expresses their opinion.
10. In Para.28
a. criminality is compared with what other biologically based disorders?
b. For what purpose
11. a. What makes crime admittedly ... a more difficult program» (1.343)?
WHAT IS A HISTORICAL FACT?
(Exercise A)
Figurative Language
In Column 1 you will find 10 examples of figurative language used by the author.
From Column 2 choose the sentence that best reflects the meaning of the quote from the text. Record the
letter of your choice in the space provided before the sentence in Column 1.
COLUMN 1
what the author says...
1. certain basic facts... form
2. To praise a historian for his accuracy is like
praising architect for using wall-seasoned timber …
in his building (13-16).
3. These so-called basic facts ... belong to the
category of the raw materials of historian (25-27).
4. The facts speak for themselves (31-32).
5. The facts speak only when the historian calls
on them (31, 32).
6. A fact is like a sack — it won't stand up until
you put something in it (34-36).
7. The records of...history are starred with
lacunae.
8. History has been called an ennormous jig-saw
with a lot of missing parts (70-71).