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WorksheetsOCR GCSE Psychology - Criminal Psychology Unit
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 22mins
Which type of crime includes burglary?
acquisitive
violent
drug-related
financial
Which type of crime includes graffiti?
acquisitive
anti-social
vandalism
harrassment
There are five types of of crime. These are acquisitive, violent, drug-related, anti-social and (a) .
Which method of measuring crime involved talking to people who have been convicted?
victim surveys
offender surveys
official statistics
unofficial statistics
Which of the ways of measuring crime fails to reveal the dark figure of crime?
official statistics
offender surveys
victim surveys
self-report
Which of the following ways of measuring crime might include crimes that haven't been reported?
official statistics
victim surveys
unofficial statistics
media headlines
Finish this sentence: the fact that some crimes are illegal in the UK but legal elsewhere shows the crime is a (a) (two words)
According to social learning theory, how do people learn new behaviours?
through their personality
through observation and imitation
through accommodation and assimilation
through revision
Name the key word for the people we are most likely to learn from
(a)
Identify the key word for the following definition: when someone sees their role model being reward for a behaviour and therefore imitates that behaviour
direct reinforcement
observation
vicarious reinforcement
internalisation
Identify the key word for the following definition: when someone is rewarded for a behaviour which means they do it more
direct reinforcement
observation
vicarious reinforcement
internalisation
Give the key term for when someone's learnt behaviour becomes part of their personality
(a)
Does the social learning theory focus on the role of nature or nurture?
nature
nurture
neither
What does social learning theory NOT explain about crime?
How it is learnt
Why children of criminal parents are more likely to offend
How it started
Why people in deprived areas are more likely to offend
What type of criminal does social learning theory not explain
Gang members
Ones with criminal parents
Ones without criminal role models
Robbers
How would social learning theory suggest we reduce crime? (select all that apply)
Use prison as vicarious punishment
Use role models
Use medication
U
Who proposed the social learning theory?
Cooper and Mackie
Piaget
Eysenck
Bandura
What was Cooper and Mackie's IV
Type of game played
Amount of punishment given with a buzzer
Type of toy played with
Level of aggression
What was the method of Cooper and Mackie's study?
lab experiment
field experiment
observation
interview
Click on BOTH the experimental design of Cooper and Mackie's study and a strength of that design
independent measures
no participant variables
repeated measures
no order effects
Odd one out - which of these was NOT one of the games played in Cooper and Mackie's study?
non-violent video game (pacman)
football
paper and pen maze game
violent video game (mission command)
In Cooper and Mackie's study, children were asked how long they would punish an imaginary naughty child by...
saying a length of time in seconds
multiple choice answer
pressing a buzzer
drawing a picture
True or false - Boys who played the violent game in Cooper and Mackie's study spent more time with the aggressive toy
True
False
True or false: girls who played the violent video game in Cooper and Mackie's study spent more time with the aggressive toy
True
False
True or false: in Cooper and Mackie's study, boys showed more aggression overall than girls
True
False
Tick all the weaknesses of Cooper and Mackie's study
low ecological validity
temporal bias
low population validity
participant variables
Which personality trait is associated with the reticular activation system?
Extraversion
Neuroticism
Openness
Psychoticism
Which personality trait is associated with the autonomic nervous system?
Extraversion
Neuroticism
Openness
Psychoticism
Complete the sentence: The impulsive nature of psychotics is cause by an excess of dopamine during (a) (two words)
Identify the personality traits associated with crime
extraversion
introversion
neuroticism
stability
psychoticism
What feeling is dopamine associated with?
calm
pleasure
anger
despair
How does Eysenck's theory ignore individual differences?
Doesn't take into consideration eye colour
The theory is determinist
The theory only applies to Americans and Britons
With such a range of crimes, it seems unlikely that criminals share a similar personality
Define determinism
theories that only look at one factor
behaviour is controlled by your own free will
theories that look at the 'bigger picture'
behaviour is controlled by internal and external factors
What was the method used in Heaven's study?
Lab experiment
Questionnaire
Covert observation
Unstructured interview
Choose the three personality traits that Heaven studied
psychoticism
extraversion
neuroticism
self-esteem
agreeableness
Choose all the weaknesses of Heaven's study
too small
all in the same social class
all similar ages
all the same nationality
all the same religion
Which trait was most strongly associated with delinquency in Heaven's findings?
psychoticism
extraversion
self-esteem
The questionnaires in Heaven's study may have suffered from s____ d_____ b____
(a)
Heaven's study had low validity of which kinds?
construct
ecological
population
It's not possible to show c___ and e___ with correlational studies like Heaven's
(a)
What is punishment?
A way of dealing with crime that judges them
A way of dealing with crime that aims to reduce antisocial behaviour
A way of dealing with crime that involves meeting the victim
A way of dealing with crime that aims to increase prosocial behaviour
What is rehabilitation?
A way of dealing with crime that judges them
A way of dealing with crime that aims to reduce antisocial behaviour
A way of dealing with crime that involves meeting the victim
A way of dealing with crime that aims to increase prosocial behaviour
What is restorative justice?
A way of dealing with crime that judges them
A way of dealing with crime that aims to reduce antisocial behaviour
A way of dealing with crime that involves meeting the victim
A way of dealing with crime that aims to increase prosocial behaviour
Rehabilitation can include using positive role models. Which theory is this based on?
Eysenck's criminal personality
Growth mindset
Social drift
Social learning theory
