Legal System
This type of law involves offenses against society and may result in fines, probation, or incarceration.
What is criminal law?
This theory argues that people learn behavior through observing and imitating others.
What is social learning theory?
This neurotransmitter is strongly associated with reward and reinforcement.
What is dopamine?
This assessment tool is considered the gold standard for measuring psychopathic traits.
What is the PCL-R?
Changing behavior because another person directly asks you to do so is called:
What is compliance?
This type of law typically involves disputes between private parties and monetary damages.
What is civil law?
According to this theory, criminal behavior is learned through interactions with others who support or encourage crime.
What is differential association theory?
The study of how environmental experiences influence gene expression.
What is epigenetics?
The DSM-5-TR only includes psychopathy as a specifier to this disorder.
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?
Following a direct order from an authority figure is called:
What is obedience?
The U.S. legal system is described as this kind of system, where two sides present competing arguments and evidence.
What is an adversarial system?
This term describes the reduction or cessation of criminal behavior over time.
What is desistance?
Unlike social learning theory, social cognitive theory places additional emphasis on these internal processes.
What are thoughts, beliefs, expectations, or cognition?
A lack of empathy, guilt, and remorse in children are examples of these traits.
What are callous-unemotional traits?
This phenomenon occurs when a group prioritizes agreement and harmony over critically evaluating alternatives.
What is groupthink?
This approach is when a psychologist testifies about general risk factors for offending in large populations.
What is a nomothetic approach?
This theory proposes that early relationships with caregivers influence later emotional and social functioning.
What is attachment theory?
A person assumes someone bumped into them intentionally and responds aggressively. This demonstrates:
What is hostile attribution bias?
These two disorders are often discussed as developmental pathways toward later antisocial behavior.
What are ODD and Conduct Disorder?
This approach is when a psychologist evaluates one offender's unique developmental history, relationships, and offending behavior.
What is the idiographic approach?