PSYC 3020 Chapter Notes -Psychopathy Checklist, Psychopathic Personality Inventory, Youth Criminal Justice Act

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3020
• Professor: Dan Yarmey

Document Summary

Unit 2: theories of criminal behaviour: psychopaths and. Center on the physiological, constitutional or genetic determinants of the behaviour first formal theory of criminal behaviour was the biological explanation proposed by. Cesare lombroso - people are born criminals because they are throwbacks, a separate species displaying sadistic and impulsive tendencies, were above pain and without shame. William sheldon associated physical characteristics with personality types. Mesomorphs were more likely to be criminals because of their aggressiveness and lack of inhibitions. Criticized because findings have not been replicated. Cns produces behaviour by creating muscular, skeletal, and glandular reactions. May be attributed to heredity, brain injury, drugs or antisocial behaviour itself. Criminals show slower eeg wave activity than would be expected on the basis of their chronological age - criminals may be maturationally slow cerebral development. One function is to mediate the physiological processes associated with emotion.