CRIM 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Agreeableness, Psychoticism, Hans Eysenck

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 103
• Professor: Jeffery Mathesuis

Document Summary

Crim 103 - lecture 5 - cognition, personality, crime. Intelligence appears to be too broad to measure w/ single instrument. Iq score associated w/ crime, but meaning unclear. Could be that low intelligence causes crime. Could be that iq score & crime share common causes* May be more likely to be caught causing crime. Low socioeconomic status associated w/ lower levels of iq scores & higher levels of crime. Some of best indicators of long term problematic behavior. Trouble staying on task, poor school performance, hyperactive. Key link to antisocial behavior stems from hyperactivity-impulsivity. Does not have same impact on diff ages. May have trouble b/c of frontal cortex underfunctioning. Adhd - closely related to oppositional defiant behavior. Demonstration of negative, hostile, defiant behavior/attitudes toward authority figure for period of at least 6 months. Not all individuals w/ adhd have odd, but most individuals w/ odd have adhd.