Forensic Psychology - Biological Causes of criminality

Who studied over 3500 twin pairs in Denmark?

• Christian Keysers

• Karl Christiansen

• Mednick

• Morkved

What was the percentage for the risk of having an adopted child with a criminal record by 18, whose mother also had a criminal record?

• 28%

• 75%

• 50%

• 45%

What are the two genes that may be associated with violent crime?

• MAOA and CDH13

• XOAM and KW62

• MOAO and DCH21

• MAAO and CDH12

The MAOA gene stops the production of serotonin and makes you relaxed.

• True

• False

What percentage of violent crime in Finland is linked to the MAOA and CD13 genotypes?

• 6%-15%

• 5%-10%

• 2%-12%

• 25%-30%

What is the link between the prefrontal cortex and antisocial personality?

• Increased activity in the pre frontal cortex leads to

  an antisocial personality

• Increased blood flow in the prefrontal cortex leads to an antisocial personality

• Reduced activity in the prefrontal cortex leads to an antisocial personality

• Reduced blood flow in the prefrontal cortex leads to an antisocial personality

Who found an 11% reduction in the volume of grey matter in the prefrontal cortex in criminal subjects?

• Karl Christiansen

• Raine

• Sarnoff Mednick

• David Feed

‘Normal’ brains have the empathy switch permanently on but what about the brains of APD individuals?

• They have the same

• They never have empathy

• They turn on their neural ‘switch’ towards people they know

• They have a neural ‘switch’ which can turn empathy on or off

APD stands for Anti Personal Disease. True or False?

• True

• False

What are mirror neurons?

• Two identical neurons that all humans have

• The neurons in identical twins which impact whether or not they will be a criminal

• A type of brain cell that fires when you do an action or watch someone else do the same action

• When a neuron is fired and reflects your thoughts