Criminal

Question 1

Define crime

Answer 1

Act or behaviour punishable by law

Question 2

Define antisocial behaviour

Answer 2

Actions viewed negatively and cause alarm or distress

Question 3

Give 3 examples of biological explanation for cause of crime

Answer 3

Any 3
Brain structure/injury
Amygdala
PFC
hormones
Genes
Neurotransmitters

Question 4

Give examples of social explanation for cause of crime

Answer 4

Labvelling
SLT
self fulfilling prophecy

Question 5

Name the 3 key roles of forensic investigators

Answer 5

-assessment- of risk/needs of offender
-case formulation- evaluate any underlying causes
-treatment/rehab- work with/as a researcher clinical psychologist or advisor

Question 6

what is the contemporary study for criminal

Answer 6

Valentine and Mesout 2009
study into stress and eyewitness testimonies

Question 7

what was aim of valentine and mesout 2009 study

Answer 7

to investiagate whther high stress can reduce a persons ability to recall information from an event and indentify a perpetrator

Question 8

what was the sample for contemporary study criminal

Answer 8

56 vistiors to london dungeons 29 female and 27 male

Question 9

describe procedure for contemporary study criminal

Answer 9

/ opportunity sample offered reduce admission if agree to do wuestionaire and wear heart rate monitor
/when in dungeon a scary person jumps out
afterwards asked consent got debrief
/compltet questionaires about their anxiety levels
/ asked to describe scary person
/ shown 9 person line up had to identify perpetrator

Question 10

results of contempoary study
criminal

Answer 10

females higher state anxiety
lower state anxiety recalled more correct info
17% of those who scored median state anxirty correctly identified

Question 11

what conclusions did the criminal contmporary study give?

Answer 11

• high anxiety reduces the accuracy of eyewitness tesimony in identifiying perprtrator

Question 12

were they given informed consent, debrief and right to withdraw in criminal contemporary study?

Answer 12

Yes

Question 13

was generalisability a strength in the criminal contemporary study expand?

Answer 13

NO
opportunity sample of people going to london dungeons more likely to deal better with stressful situations as willingly putting themselves in position.
more likely extroverts

Question 14

why was criminal contemporary study reliable?

Answer 14

YES
good use controls- standardised

Question 15

how can we apply criminal contemporary study to society?

Answer 15

YES
apply to eyewitness testimony as too much stress when witnessing an event means that info is less accurate

Question 16

was validity a weakness in contemporary study in criminal?

Answer 16

No
had high ecological validty as field experiment
considers individual differences by measuring trait anxiety as well

Question 17

Why was criminal contemporary study ethically good?

Answer 17

got informed consent and debrief and right ti withdraw also kept data confidential and anomyous.