Edexcel GCSE Psychology: Biological explanations of crime

Lombroso (1890) explained that criminals can be distinguished from non-criminals based on their _____.

• prominent facial characteristics
• insignificant facial characteristics
• ordinary facial characteristics
• extraordinary facial characteristics

Gall mapped out 27 "brain organs" on the skull. Several areas were believed to correspond to a person's tendency to ____.

• avoid criminal or deviant acts
• engage in criminal or deviant acts
• enjoy watching criminal or deviant acts
• think about committing criminal or deviant acts

Sheldon (1940) suggested which body type was more likely to commit crime?

• Ectomorph

• Endomorph

• Mesomorph

• Misomorph

Sheldon (1940) believed mesomorphs were more likely to commit crime because they are ___.

• are competitive
• are muscular
• want power and dominance
• all other options

Mednick's (1975) findings that 21% of adopted children with a biological father convicted of a crime also committed crime compared to only 10% of adopted children living with an adoptive father convicted of crime suggests that ____.

• there is a genetic component to crime
• there is a genertic component to crime
• there is a geriatric component to crime
• there is an environmental component to crime

_____ is made up of thoughts, feelings and behaviours that remain relatively constant across different situations.

• Popularity

• Personality

• Sociability

• Sensitivity

_____ refers to inherited aspects of personality.

• Extroversion
• Neuroticism
• Temperament
• Psychoticism

Eysenck (1964) proposed people with particular personality _____ are more likely to commit crime.

• caricatures
• characters
• charms
• characteristics

Eysenck (1964) proposed people with _____ are more likely to commit crime.

• high extraversion, high neuroticism and high psychoticism
• low extraversion, high neuroticism and high psychoticism
• high extraversion, low neuroticism and high psychoticism
• low extraversion, low neuroticism and low psychoticism

Farrington et al.'s (1982) research supports Eysenck's theory of criminality when they found a significant relationship between criminal behaviour and ____

• high extraversion, high neuroticism and high psychoticism
• low extraversion, high neuroticism and high psychoticism
• high extraversion, low neuroticism and high psychoticism
• low extraversion, low neuroticism and low psychoticism