General Awareness: Criminal Anthropology quiz

1. Which of these terms describes applying the natural sciences to the social sciences and/or social issues?
 
a) criticalism
b) classicalism
c) radicalism
d) positivism

The correct answer is d) positivism

2. Physiognomy was an early method of attempting to distinguish criminals and deviants based on their physical characteristics. In this case, facial features were used. Which of the following was NOT presumed to be a feature that deviants possessed?
a) Large nose
b) All of these were considered "deviant" characteristics
c) Weak chin
d) Shifty eyes

The correct answer is b) All of these were considered "deviant" characteristics

3. Next came the use of phrenology, which involved feeling a part of a person's body to find bumps that would determine if they were deviant or not; what part of the body was felt?

a) feet
b) head
c) stomach
d) back

The correct answer is b) head

4. Craniometry involved measuring around people's skulls and using that measurement to determine their tendency towards deviance. An individual was thought to be deviant if he or she had what kind of brain measurement?

a) Either larger or smaller than average
b) Smaller than average
c) Larger than average
d) Average

The correct answer is a) Either larger or smaller than average

5. Cesare Lombroso was one of the most famous believers of biologically determined criminality. Which of these "schools" was he the founder of?

a) Postmodernist School
b) Chicago School
c) Italian School
d) Neo-Classical School

The correct answer is c) Italian School

6. Which of these is a Lombrosian term for the phenomenon of a person being an "evolutionary throwback"?

a) atavism
b) maladaptation
c) vestigiality
d) spandrel

The correct answer is a) Atavism

7. Intellectuals who followed a classical viewpoint were critical of Lombroso and Ferri's theories; which of the following was the critics' argument against biologically determined criminality?

a) It ignored social and environmental factors.
b) All of these.
c) Individuals could exercise free will.
d) People who did not display atavistic stigmata were committing crimes.

The correct answr is b) All of these