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6. Where did the Core Study take place?
- Italy
- Denmark
- France
- Germany
7. Why do some people not report crimes ?
- They are a criminal
- They think it's not illegal
- They may be embarrassed or scared
- They can't be bothered
8. What is the main idea of the Biological approach?
- people are mad
- people are born criminals
- people slowly develop into criminals
- people are taught to be criminals
9. How many of the males had biological parents convicted of crime?
10. What traits are in a criminal personality?
- Impulsiveness, lacking feelings of guilt, self-importance, over optimistic, pleasure seeking
- over optimistic, bipolar, emotional, unstable, timid
- confident, loud, impulsiveness, scary, unempathetic
- selfish, rude, socially awkward, funny, mean
11. Who did Mednick compare the records with?
- Biological parents records
- Adoptive parents records
- Biological and Adoptive parents records
- Grandparents records
12. How many of the males had no parents convicted of crime?
13. How many of the males had adoptive parents convicted of crime?
14. How many of the males had both sets of parents convicted of crime?
15. What's a criticism of the Core study?
- They didn't look at enough records
- Demand characteristics were present
- Criminal records are inaccurate
- The study lacked ecological validity
16. Why is it hard to measure crime?
- Not all crimes are reported
- People don't know what some crimes are
- There's too many to count
- Some crimes might be a lie
17. What is the main idea of the Alternative theory?
- criminals have something wrong with their head
- people observe others and mimic role models' rewarded behaviour
- we copy everyone we observe
- criminals genes are inherited
18. What is a criticism of the Core theory?
- There can't be a criminal gene that accounts for all criminal behaviour
- criminals can't learn behaviour
- brain dysfuntion isn't evident in any criminals
- criminals have the same features