BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyCriminological and Forensic PsychologyA2/A-levelWJEC Created by: papertoparisCreated on: 09-01-19 20:18 Cesare Lombroso held the view that criminals possessed similar characteristics to lower primate 1 of 18 "Atavistic" means a tendency to revert to ancestral type 2 of 18 What was the concordance in delinquency for MZ vs DZ twins? (RAINE) 52% / 21% 3 of 18 What are the two genes linked to criminal behaviour? (BRUNNER) Monoamine Oxidase A + Cadherin 13 4 of 18 Raine found that criminals had... reduced functioning of the prefrontal cortex 5 of 18 Who suggested that low levels of seratonin could predispose individuals to aggression? Seo et al 6 of 18 What percentage more likely are adopted children whose biological parent is a criminal to also become a criminal? (Crowe) 50% 7 of 18 What percentage of the US prison population have a head injury vs the US general population? (HARMON) 60% vs 8.5% 8 of 18 What type of crime does research into inherited criminality NOT explain? Non-violent 9 of 18 Where is the amygdala found? In the medial temporal lobe 10 of 18 Coccaro found that when viewing angry faces, individuals with IED... showed higher levels of amygdala activity 11 of 18 Why is the amygdala implicated in fear conditioning? (GAO) A dysfunction of the amygdala disrupts how we process fear 12 of 18 (GLENN ET AL) When psychopaths made moral decisions... there was reduced amygdala activity 13 of 18 Amygdala dysfunction... removes inhibition and allows impulsivity 14 of 18 Who used the Ultimatum Game as research support for the link between reactive aggression and increased amygdala activity? Gospic et al 15 of 18 Pardini found that men with long term high levels of aggression had... lower amygdala volumes 16 of 18 Higher glucose metabolism in the amygdala of violent individuals is linked with what? (RAINE) low metabolism of the prefrontal cortex 17 of 18 How can dysfunction of the amygdala cause psychopathy? it disrupts fear conditioning 18 of 18
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