Criminal Psychology

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1. Describe what the participants in Loftus and Palmer's study were asked to do

  • Watch a clip of a car accident, then give their account of what happened using a questionnaire. The critical question asked for their judgements of the cars speed.
  • To identify the 'target suspect' in a photo line-up four hours after they were approached by the 'target'.
  • To give self-report data using a questionnaire about the crime that they had just witnessed.
  • To watch a clip of an incident, then interview what they had just witnessed.
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2. Token Economy Programmes are based off which theory?

  • Operant Conditioning
  • Social Identity Theory
  • Social Learning Theory
  • Classical Conditioning

3. Define 'recidivism'

  • Learning how to deal with triggers that make you angry
  • Labelling someone
  • Habitual relapse into criminal behaviour (re-offending)
  • Learning from observation and imitation

4. In this instance, what is the motive for shoplifting?

  • Pushing your friend to steal a packet of cigarettes because you do not wish to get caught
  • Being positively reinforced by the trill of shoplifting, so they do it again.
  • Security caught someone shoplifting, so they are punished for it.

5. What is a disadvantage of anger management?

  • Offenders may lose motivation over a period of time, so is therefore less effective.
  • It gives the offender skills to use for life.
  • Does not factor for individual differences - usually works on a group basis, so is not attentive for individual needs and therefore may not be as effective.
  • It is only effective in certain environments, so cannot be replicated, therefore limiting reliability.
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