Criminology genes Flashcards
Psychoticism
A personality trait that is cold, lacks empathy, is antisocial and can be aggresive
Personality
Characteristics and qualities that make up someones individual character
Temperament
The nature someone is born with, which affects their behaviour
Extraversion
Behavior that is out going sensation seeking and sociable
Introversion
Behavior that is reserved, calm and quite
Monozygotic twins
Twins developed from one fertilised egg that has split into two
Monozygotic twins are identicle
Dizzygotic twins
Twins developed from two different eggs fertilised during the same pregnancy
Dizygotic twins are not genetically identical
Unstable neuroticism
A personality trait associated with being over-reactive in stressful situations, over-emotional and anxious
Stable neuroticism
A personality trait associated with being unreactive in stressful situations and emotionally unaffected
Socialisation
The way you are raised and taught how to behave
Sociologist
A type of researcher interested in the effects of social conditions on behaviour and societies
Eysencks personality questionnaire
A questionnair to measure extraversion, introversion, stable and unstable neuroticism and psychoticism
Strengths of (EPQ)
Supporting evidence by research - Farrington found that criminals had higher P and N scores than non-criminals
Offers a way to measure personality through psychological testing
Weakness of (EPQ)
Demand characteristics could show as people could not be honest making it unreliable - bias/subjective
Can personality change? - people can be rehabiliated
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