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BTEC UNIT 4 LEARNING AIM A CRIMINAL AND FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY ANSWER KEY 2024/2025. Unit 4 : Criminal and Forensic Psychology Theoretical perspectives on the approaches and explanations of criminal behaviour Learning Aim A – understand different psychological approachesto explaining criminal behaviour IntroductionBiological explanations of criminal behaviour Inherited criminality Twin studiesTwin studies can be used to show how criminality is inherited because it can be explained o...

a summary of all the year 12 classic and contemporary studies for Edexcel psychology + evaluation points: - Baddeley (1966b) - Sebastian & Hernandez-Gil (2012) - Watson and Rayner (1920) - Becker et al (2002) - Raine et al (1997) - Brendgen et al (2005) - Sherif et al (1964) - Burger (2009)

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The practical section of biological psychology is not included. The topics included are: - CNS and human behaviour - Neurons, synaptic transmission and neurotransmission - effect of recreational drugs (cocaine and heroine) - the structure of the Brain and aggression - evolution, natural selection and aggression - freud's explanation of aggression (diagrams included) - role of hormones in human behaviour - classic study of Raine et al. (1997) - contemporary study ( Brendgen et al. 20...