Criminal Psychology

How does the evolutionary explanation explain criminal behaviour?

It's controlled genetically and a product of evolution

Looks at behaviour as biological factors

Believes that we evolved ourselves

How does the genetic explanation expain criminal behaviour?

Focuses on genes

Focuses on biology

Looks at induviduals behaviour

Looks at your parents

How does the social learning theory explain criminal behaviour?

Criminal behaviour could be learnt through observation and imitation

Could be learnt from positive reinforcement

Could be learnt from watching people get negative responses of their behaviour

Learnt from those who they do not like

How does the self fulfilling prophecy explain criminal behaviour?

That stereotyped beliefs someone holds can affect the behaviours of another person

Their personal idea of themselves puts them down

In Raine et al study into brain abnormalities what was the sample?

39 men, 2 woman (mean age 34.3)

23 men, 9 woman (mean age 34.5)

31 men, 3 woman (mean age 45.5)

21 men, 24 woman (mean age 24.7)

In Raine et al study into brain abnormalities what task did the participants take part in?

CPT

PET

In Raine et al study into brain abnormalities when were the participants injected with fluorodeoxyglucose trace?

1 minute before

30 seconds before

3 minutes before

10 minutes before

In Raine et al study into brain abnormalities how long did the CPT go on for?

32 minutes

35 minutes

In Raine et al study into brain abnormalities what techniques were used to identify brain sections?

The cortical peer technique

The frontal box technique

The box technique

The square peer technique

In Raine et al study into brain abnormalitiesin Raine et al study into brain abnormalities what were some of the results?

Murders had no activity in brain

Murderers has significantly less activity in the lateral, medial, and prefrontal cortical areas

Controls had a lot more activity in brain compared to murderers

They had abnormally asymmetrical activation in areas of the limbic system

They had less activation in areas of the limbic system

Murderers has less activation on the right

Conclusions of Raine et al?

Areas with abnormal activity were linked with agression

Areas of brain with abnormal activity meant that had high IQ

Abnormal brain activity made no difference to whether they engaged in criminal behaviour

Abnormal brain activity is not a casual factor alone

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