PSYC 3402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Teratology, Cingulate Cortex, Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography
13 Oct 2015
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People tend to put a lot of weight on individual studies. Quantitative approach for systematically combining results of previous research to arrive at conclusions about the body of research. Challenges: maintaining homogeneity, weighing effects, file drawer effect, study quality, consistency of reported results. Level of service should be matched to level of risk. You can be a high risk shoplifter, or a low risk sex offender. Major criminogenic risk factors: history of antisocial behavior, antisocial personality pattern, antisocial cognition, antisocial cognition, antisocial associates. Pro-criminal attitudes (thoughts, values, and sentiments supportive of criminal behavior) Antisocial personality (low self-control, hostility, adventurous pleasure seeking, disregard for others, callousness) Family / marital (marital instability, poor parenting skills, criminality) Leisure / recreation (lack of prosocial pursuits) Vague feelings of emotional discomfort (anxiety, feeling blue and feelings of alienation) Clearly identifies causal mechanisms and corresponding mediators and moderators underlying the phenomenon of interest. Is testable and hence falsifiable via hypotheses and predictions.
