PSYC39H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Operant Conditioning, Reality Principle, Juvenile Delinquency
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Historical context: phrenology o o felt bumps on skull to measure the person"s characteristics. Researching biological explanations of crime: behavioural genetics, molecular biology, neurochemical approaches. Genetics and crime-twins, adoption and molecular genetics: link between genetics and antisocial behaviour o twin and adoption studies, caspi study o link found between mao-a and childhood maltreatment. *the ratio between these 2 determines how prone someone is to thinking like this people with anti-social have this as underactive: antisocial individual have underactive bis and overactive bas o physiologicla id, superego. Brain and crime: neuropsychology: criminals often have a lot of distraction, trouble focusing, poor organizational, poor inhibitory control, poor executive function is prevalent in anti-social behaviour, what is a defining component of executive function? o poor inhibitory control. Adhd or add: abnormal fetal development may predispose individuals to antisocial behaviour. Evolutionary theories of crime: focus on ultimate explanations (doesn"t look at the steps in between the millions of years, life history theory o.
