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

  1.  True
  2. False

Answer: A

2. Comparative studies with animals suggest that stealing

  1. Is a natural behaviour
  2. May have provided an evolutionary advantage *
  3. Occurs even in the presence of plentiful resources
  4. Is an unnatural behaviour

Answer: B

3. Extortion means

  1. Armed robbery where no shots are fired
  2. Breaking and entering with intent to steal
  3. Obtaining money through coercion
  4. Obtaining money through threat of exposure

Answer: C

4. Which of the following is an impulse control disorder leading to the compulsion to steal

  1. Clinomania
  2. Kleptomania
  3. Gelatophobia
  4. Chronophobia

Answer: B

5. Kleptomania is an ego dystonic disorder. This means the kleptomaniac does not break the law habitually

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: A

6. Kleptomania presents as comorbid with pyromania

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: B

7. Kleptomania presents as comorbid with depression

  1. True *
  2. False

Answer: A

8. Cognitive distortions present in shoplifters include

  1. Neutralisation
  2. Naturalisation
  3. Rationalisation
  4. Nationalisation

Answer: A

9. Typologies of shoplifters  suggest that they never steak for profit

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: B

10. Shoplifters are most likely to be female and middle-aged.

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: B

11. Chronic shoplifters are most likely to appear as paranoid

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: B

12. One typology of people who carry out robbery is blitz, seize, confrontation and con

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: B

13. Shoplifting incurs a loss of ---- pounds annually

  1. 6 million
  2. 60 million
  3. 600 million
  4. 6000 million

Answer: C

14. Shoplifting is also defined as

  1. Unethical consumer behaviour
  2. Taking goods while the shop is open
  3. A victimless crime
  4. Kleptomania

Answer: B

15. Shoplifters Anonymous is

  1. A helpline for kleptomaniacs
  2. A way of hiding shoplifters’ identity from shops
  3. A social club for hoplifters
  4. An effective treatment programme for shoplifters

Answer: D