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WorksheetsCriminal and Forensic Psychology 1.
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of the following best describes a crime?
an act that harms another person
an act that upsets another person
an act that breaks the law
an act that disrupts social order
Justice can be defined as the principle of:
order and truth brought to bear in the process of evaluating human behaviour and interaction
empathy and evidence brought to bear in the process of evaluating human behaviour and interaction
balance and fairness brought to bear in the process of evaluating human behaviour and interaction
normative evaluations brought to bear in the process of evaluating human behaviour and interaction
aggression and violence has been associate with _______ amygdala function and _______ amygdala size
Lower, smaller
Lower, larger
Higher, smaller
Higher, larger
Along with the amygdala, low functioning in which brain area has been associated with criminal offending?
corpus callosum
pre-central gyrus
somato-sensory cortex
anterior cingulate cortex
what has been the outcome for children with low amygdala functioning, after participation in intervention programs with targeted children focusing on nutrition, exercise and cognitive skills?
the brain functioning had improved and their was a reduction in criminal activity
intervention had no effect
they learned to change behaviour despite still having low brain functioning
the brain functioning improved but there was still high criminal behaviour
Low heart rate has been associated with:
stimulus seeking and increased fear response
stimulus seeking and lowered fear response
familiarity seeking and increased fear response
familiarity seeking and lowered fear response
Low heart rate is not yet able to be called a definitive biomarker for antisocial behaviour because:
there are too many other psychological disorders that have association with low heart rate
the correlation of low heart rate with antisocial behaviour is too small to be generalised to the population
we don't know definitively how it can be used to predict antisocial behaviour
there is no provision within the law to currently allow heart rate to be used diagnostically
learning theory would suggest that feelings of guilt that stop a law abiding person from committing a crime has been learned through:
Modelling
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
Social learning
Operant conditioning would suggest that a criminal commits crimes because:
they saw their peers rewarded for the behaviour
someone they look up to is a criminal
they were born with a small amygdala
they have been rewarded for criminal behaviour in the past
