Psychology 2043A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Dependent And Independent Variables, Differential Association, Recognition Memory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2043A/B
• Professor: Esther Goldberg

Document Summary

Forensic psychology = deals with all aspects of human behaviour as it relates to the law or legal system; atempts to understand how people funcion within a legal context. Sheldon"s consituional theory = crime is a product of an individual"s body build (somatype), which is linked to an individual"s temperament. Jacobs, brunton, melville, britain, and mcclemont"s chromosomal theory = chromosomal irregularity is linked to criminal behaviour. Mark and ervin"s dyscontrol theory = lesions in the brain can result in a dyscontrol syndrome. Merton"s strain theory = crime is a product of strain felt by individuals who have restricted access to means of achieving goals and success. Sutherland"s diferenial associaion theory = criminal behaviour is learned through social interacions. Becker"s labeling theory = being labeled as a deviant leads the person to engage in deviant behaviour. Retroacive memory falsiicaion = process whereby people confuse actual memories of events with the events described by the media.