Exam style questions 1. Maurice is 34 years old and has been stealing since he was 16 years old. He has stolen high value
items such as a television, and low value items such as food. He says that stealing stops him
feeling like he cannot give his family the things they deserve. Maurice has only been caught
stealing once, and was given a community sentence of two months. He says it is not worth
stopping stealing because he gets lots of nice things that he enjoys. He also says that the
consequence of being punished does not worry him. Assess how well operant conditioning can
explain Maurice's stealing. (9)

Telling your brain to slow down and focusing on details are crucial activities in which positive study habit?

Asociologist wants to study a culture that occurs in some women’s prisons: “state families,” in which individual prisoners take on certain roles within a group of like-minded prisoners. there is previous evidence that younger prisoners will use older inmates who play the roles of grandparents as a resource before they will turn to staff for and advice. the lieutenant in charge of a dorm of long-term prisoners offers to gather volunteers to speak to the researcher and also offers to vouch for the integrity of the researcher. the use of this staff is: a valid use of a statistical technique referred to “snowball sampling” wherein the inclusion of the first subject leads to the recruitment of another one subject.a useful tactic in obtaining a sample of prisoners who both meet the criteria and who will be honest with the researcher.wrong and is prohibited; subject selection needs to be free from intervention by prison authorities or prisoners.acceptable only when the researcher’s irb grants a special waiver.

Discuss the role of policy analysis in policy modification. include a description of a federal agency that supports policymaking through policy analysis.