Chapter 10: The Psychology of Firesetting
1. Comparative studies in which animals take food when humans cannot see the animals’ actions demonstrate that animals behave in ways that maximise chances of obtaining food
- True
- False
2. Comparative studies with animals suggest that stealing
- Is a natural behaviour
- May have provided an evolutionary advantage *
- Occurs even in the presence of plentiful resources
- Is an unnatural behaviour
3. Extortion means
- Armed robbery where no shots are fired
- Breaking and entering with intent to steal
- Obtaining money through coercion
- Obtaining money through threat of exposure
4. Which of the following is an impulse control disorder leading to the compulsion to steal
- Clinomania
- Kleptomania
- Gelatophobia
- Chronophobia
5. Kleptomania is an ego dystonic disorder. This means the kleptomaniac does not break the law habitually
- True
- False
6. Kleptomania presents as comorbid with pyromania
- True
- False
7. Kleptomania presents as comorbid with depression
- True *
- False
8. Cognitive distortions present in shoplifters include
- Neutralisation
- Naturalisation
- Rationalisation
- Nationalisation
9. Typologies of shoplifters suggest that they never steak for profit
- True
- False
10. Shoplifters are most likely to be female and middle-aged.
- True
- False
11. Chronic shoplifters are most likely to appear as paranoid
- True
- False
12. One typology of people who carry out robbery is blitz, seize, confrontation and con
- True
- False
13. Shoplifting incurs a loss of ---- pounds annually
- 6 million
- 60 million
- 600 million
- 6000 million
14. Shoplifting is also defined as
- Unethical consumer behaviour
- Taking goods while the shop is open
- A victimless crime
- Kleptomania
15. Shoplifters Anonymous is
- A helpline for kleptomaniacs
- A way of hiding shoplifters’ identity from shops
- A social club for hoplifters
- An effective treatment programme for shoplifters