PSY 622- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 49 pages long!)

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 622
• Professor: Alasdair Goodwill

Document Summary

Psychology"s focus on intra-individual (within) and inter-individual (between) differences. Consideration of factors that (may/can) influence criminal behaviour. Combination of personal, inter-personal and community reinforcement (pic-r) model. No one thing that causes/explains crime but most cultures have similar definitions. Definition of what is a crime is dynamic. Most are based on legal, moral, social, psychological explanations changes as our understanding/belief of what acceptable norms are in society change e. g. , cannabis laws; prostitution laws. Recreational marijuana is on track to be legalized in canada by july 2018. Sold in lcbo, not allowed in dispensaries for recreational use. In ontario the legal age will be 19. The federal government"s proposed law also permits adults to grow up to four marijuana plants at home. Criminal behaviour refers to intentional behaviour that violates a criminal code; intentional in that it did not occur accidentally or without justification or excuse (bartol & Normal behaviour can result in a violation of criminal code (e. g. , manslaughter .