Criminal psychology - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

How does positive reinforcement explain criminal behaviour? - correct answer Being praised for fighting or anti-social behaviour can cause us to have more criminal behaviour How does negative reinforcement explain criminal behaviour? - correct answer We are likely to be aggressive and commit crimes if repeating that behaviour gets rid of something unpleasant. How does positive punishment prevent criminal behaviour? - correct ans...

Criminal psychology Exam Prep with Questions and Answers koehnken et al (1999) ANSWER - conducted a meta analysis - found that cog. interview lead to more incorrect information recalled in comparison to a standard interview - perhaps because cog. interview requires you to go into detail several times so increases the likelihood of making more mistakes and contradictions brower and price (2001) ANSWER problems with the frontal lobe linked to criminal behaviour and anti social behaviour a...

Criminal Psychology Edexcel GCSE with Questions and Answers What is psychoticism? ANSWER Lacking empathy, antisocial and aggressive personality. What was EPQ? ANSWER Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. PEN personality according to the personality theory. ANSWER High psychoticism High extroversion High unstable neuroticism What is socialisation? ANSWER Being punished for anti-social behaviour. In people with PEN, they don't associate anti-social behaviour with the anxiety of being p...

Psychology - Answer-the scientific (empirical) study of behavior and mental processes Psychology seeks to: - Answer-Describe behavior and mental processes Understand Predict Modify Subdisciplines of Psych - Answer-Human Developmental/Family Cognitive/Psycholinguistics Developmental/Child Industrial/Organizational Personality-Social Clinical and counseling psych are very similar in their day to day. Psychological Disciplines Learning: - Answer-rewards and consequences Psychological D...

Unit 4-Criminal PsychologyUnit 4-Criminal Psychology

Criminal Psychology GCSE Edexcel with Questions and Answers What is meant by a 'natural experiment'? ANSWER An experiment whereby the independent variable is a nturally occuring change, rather than being something manipulated by the researcher (e.g. the introduction of TV in St. Helena). What was the aim of Charlton et al's study? ANSWER To see whether the introduction of television would cause children to become more aggressive (or display more anti-social behaviours). What was the ...

OCR Criminal Psychology Exam with Questions and Answers Raine et al. Results ANSWER Murders had:: - reduced activity in the PREFRONTAL CORTEX, LEFT ANGULAR GYRUS and the CORPUS CALLOSUM (All of these were previously linked to violence) - reduced activity in the AMYGDALA, THALAMUS, and HIPPOCAMPUS in the LEFT HEMISPHERE. no difference between areas previously not linked to violence in the control group and the murderers. Raine et al. Conclusion ANSWER - There is evidence that mur...

Week 4 - Criminal Psychology

Criminal psychology - crime prevention (social) Exam with Questions and Answers Who created the broken windows theory and what did they believe ANSWER Wilson and Kelling and they stated that the way to prevent crimes was to stop minor disorders from escalating into more serious crimes. They believed that if minor disorders such a graffiti are clamped down on sooner, more major crimes like burglary will be prevented in the future. What do Wilson and Kelling believe is the cause of crime in ...