Forensic Psychology Lesson 3,4+5 Biological Approach

Question 1

A reversion to something ancestral

Answer 1

Atavistic

Question 2

A single gene is NOT responsible for a behaviour

Answer 2

Polygenic

Question 3

A personality trait to describe cold, unemotional and aggressive individuals

Answer 3

Psychotic

Question 4

Gene that is linked to substance abuse and attention deficit disorder (ADD)

Answer 4

CDH13

Question 5

Brain cells which allow people to feel empathy

Answer 5

Mirror neurons

Question 6

Philosophy which states that people with undesirable traits should not be allowed to reproduce

Answer 6

Eugenics

Question 7

Model which holds that the environment moderates the effect that genes have on behaviour

Answer 7

Diathesis-stress model

Question 8

A disorder which is characterised by reduced emotional responses and a lack of empathy

Answer 8

APD (Anti-social personality disorder)

Question 9

Individuals who are jumpy and overly anxious

Answer 9

Neurotic

Question 10

Gene which affects dopamine and serotonin

Answer 10

MAOA

Question 11

Brain area which regulates emotional behaviour

Answer 11

Pre-frontal cortex

Question 12

Genes which might be responsible for a behaviour

Answer 12

Candidate genes

Question 13

Individuals who constantly seek excitement and stimulation – they may engage in risk taking.

Answer 13

Extroverts

Question 14

Main component of the central nervous system – includes cell bodies

Answer 14

Brain+spinal cord