Criminal Behaviour Quiz 5.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? PsychologyCriminal behaviourGCSEOCR Created by: issyriccaCreated on: 22-03-15 18:21 How do researchers define crime in simple terms? An act that breaks the law 1 of 14 Why is it hard to measure crime? Not all crimes are reported 2 of 14 Why do some people not report crimes ? They may be embarrassed or scared 3 of 14 What is a criminal personality? A collection of traits that makes a person different from normal, law abiding people 4 of 14 What traits are in a criminal personality? Impulsiveness, lacking feelings of guilt, self-importance, over optimistic, pleasure seeking 5 of 14 What is the main idea of the Biological approach? people are born criminals 6 of 14 What does the Pre-frontal cortex do? forms a link between anti-social behaviour and fear, it's underactive in some criminals 7 of 14 What is a criticism of the Core theory? There can't be a criminal gene that accounts for all criminal behaviour 8 of 14 What is the main idea of the Alternative theory? people observe others and mimic role models' rewarded behaviour 9 of 14 Where did the Core Study take place? Denmark 10 of 14 What did Mednick study? 4000 adopted male criminal records 11 of 14 Who did Mednick compare the records with? Biological and Adoptive parents records 12 of 14 What did the Core study show? Genes had a stronger effect on criminal behaviour than environment 13 of 14 What's a criticism of the Core study? Criminal records are inaccurate 14 of 14
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