CRIM 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Frontal Lobe, Reinforcement, Impulsivity
27 Nov 2020
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Genetic and physiological differences between antisocial and non-antisocial youth. Children with an antisocial biological father more likely to be antisocial. Wadsworth (1976): antisocial youth have slower heart rates -> higher threshold for excitability and emotionality. Mof tt and henry (1989): less frontal lobe inhibition in antisocial youth -> impulsivity. Focus on thought process, interpretation of social and emotional cues and responses to them. Cognitive de cits and distortions; limited problem-solving skills in antisocial youth. Types of aggressive behaviour: reactive aggression and proactive aggression. Link between violent video exposure and aggressive behaviour. Main correlates of delinquency for youth department of justice study on self-reported delinquency (2003): Change negative chain reaction following exposure to risk. Psychiatric diagnoses: attention-de cit hyperactivity disorder (adhd), oppositional de ant disorder (odd), conduct disorder (cd) Primary intervention strategies (decrease of the likelihood of violence occurring) Secondary intervention strategies (reduction of frequency of violence) Tertiary intervention strategies (prevention of reoccurrence of violence)
