Criminal & Clinical

Question 1

What did Phineas Gage case study show?

Answer 1

Damage to prefrontal cortex can lead to aggression

Question 2

__% of young male prisoners have some kind of brain injury

Answer 2

60%

Question 3

Opposing evidence for brain damage linking to aggression

Answer 3

Elbogen- found war veteran criminals was due to post traumatic stress instead of drain damage

Question 4

How can amygdala size effect aggression

Answer 4

Small amygdala -> aggression

Question 5

2 criminal contemporary studies

Answer 5

Howells (anger management)

Maletsky (MPA on sex offenders)

Question 6

Result of Maletskys study

Answer 6

5% given MPA reoffended

30% recommended but not given reoffended

Question 7

Clinical contemporary studies

Answer 7

Carlsson (other chemical causes of schizo)

Scott-Van Zeeland (genetic cause of anorexia)

Question 8

What did Valentine do

Answer 8

Investigate usefulness of psycho education sessions

Question 9

Result of Ventines study

Answer 9

21 of those who completed sessions (31) said it was valuable and informative

Question 10

2 results of Loftus and Palmers 1st experiment

Answer 10

Smashed= average estimated speed of 41mph

Contacted= average speed of 32mph

Question 11

Dopamine hyp- cause of positive symptoms of schizo

Answer 11

Increase dopamine in mesolimbic pathway

Question 12

Cause of negative symptoms of schizo

Answer 12

Decreased dopamine in mesocortical pathway