PSYCH230 Lecture Notes - Psychopathy, Brain Injury, Social Environment
1 Oct 2013
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Sept 23 (background material that influences how you"re likely to act) Temperament (we vary in ans [how sensitive we are to sensory input]) depending on environmental influences may enhance criminal behavior. Brain injury & low iq (more impulsivity, impaired judgment) contribute to engaging in antisocial. Size and strength, those bigger more likely to use strength in situations of stress/threat behavior. Psychological dispositions [psychological traits associated with criminal behavior] Insecure attachment to social world [feelings of exclusion increases antisocial acts] Perceptions of gains/losses (seeing short-term satisfaction, ignoring long-term consequence) Greater excitatory emotions (anger, envy, greed, fear, disgust) (ie. greed take) Fewer excitatory emotions that inhibit criminal acts (empathy, anxiety, guilt) Cognition/emotional pull/fuel motivations that cause criminal behavior. Self-protection goals (minimize/eliminate potential threats, sensitivity to rejection/insult/harm)
