brain injury

Question 1

how might brain injury be caused?

Answer 1

by accident or illness, traumatic or non traumatic

Question 2

how is non traumatic brain injury caused?

Answer 2

alcohol and drug abuse

Question 3

what does alcohol and drug abuse cause in the brain

Answer 3

interferes with the absorption of vitamin B1

Question 4

what is vitamin B1?

Answer 4

an important brain nutrient

Question 5

what does accidents and injuries on young brains cause?

Answer 5

causes them to misfire interrupting the development affecting their ability to control their impulses and actions

Question 6

injury to area of impulse control during development can lead to..?

Answer 6

long term problems in impulse control and decision making

Question 7

what is impulse control and decision making linked to?

Answer 7

ASB behaviour

Question 8

what behaviour does injury to the amygdala cause?

Answer 8

irritability, aggression and impulsive behaviours

Question 9

what did williams find?

Answer 9

that 60% of 196 male offenders had acquired brain injury

Question 10

what age did williams say the brain fully develops?

Answer 10

25

Question 11

who said the brain fully develops at 25?

Answer 11

williams

Question 12

what is the percentage of head injury among offenders?

Answer 12

50-80%

Question 13

what is the percentage of head injuries among general public?

Answer 13

10%

Question 14

what causes a risk of offending later in life?

Answer 14

early brain injury

Question 15

what are the risk factors in those with brain injury?

Answer 15

cognitive impairment

loss of self regulation

Question 16

what does injury to the anterior brain cause?

Answer 16

loss of natural bias away from aggression, use it instead of other options

Question 17

what is an example of a case study associated with brain injury?

Answer 17

phineas gage

Question 18

what can cognitive impairment cause difficulties with?

Answer 18

working memory and learning

Question 19

which area of the brain is associated with loss of self regulation?

Answer 19

orbito frontal lobes

Question 20

why is the example reductionist?

Answer 20

doesn’t take into account other factors such as social, takes a behaviour and simplifies it into one explanation

Question 21

what case study can support the theory?

Answer 21

phineas gage

Question 22

what is the weakness of using case studies?

Answer 22

not generalisable, brains may react differently

Question 23

what are the ethical concerns in studying the theory?

Answer 23

may not be ethical, e.g. to study behaviour before and after injury

Question 24

why is it difficult to isolate the factors?

Answer 24

may not just be brain injury causing criminal behaviour

Question 25

is graft man et al a strength or weakness?

Answer 25

strength

Question 26

what did graft man et al find?

Answer 26

vietnam head injury study - found 14% of brain injury patients were in fights compared to 4% without

Question 27

what did williams find that supports the study?

Answer 27

60% of 196 males who were all younger than those without, demonstrating the theory of misfiring

Question 28

why is the study useful?

Answer 28

in rehabilitation, treatment, greater awareness, early intervention