Nature vs. Nurture
If someone inherits anger issues from their parents, is that nature or nurture?
Nature
This personality disorder often involves breaking rules without guilt.
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Someone steals because they’re hungry. What motivates them?
Basic needs
Making choices while angry can lead to what kind of decisions?
Bad or risky decisions
Which interrogation method is known for being calm and non-pressuring?
PEACE method
Growing up in a violent neighborhood is an example of what?
Nurture
A person who needs constant admiration and feels “better than everyone” shows what disorder?
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
A teen commits a crime to impress friends. What is this called?
Peer Pressure
Panic or fear can make someone act without what?
Thinking first
Which method is more confrontational and can lead to false confessions?
Reid technique
A person copies criminal behavior they see at home. Nature or nurture?
Nurture
Why can personality disorders make crime more likely?
Trouble controlling behavior or emotions
Someone commits a crime to get money. What kind of motivation is that?
Financial Gain
What part of the brain helps control emotions?
Prefrontal cortex
A tool used to check if someone is telling the truth by measuring body reactions is called a what?
A polygraph (lie detector)
A person has a genetic risk for aggression but stays calm because of supportive parents. What is this?
What is a personality disorder?
A long-term pattern of unhealthy behavior
A person vandalizes something because they’re angry. What’s the motivation?
Emotional Motivation
When strong emotions take over thinking, what happens to decision-making?
Clouds judgment and makes decisions worse
What do forensic psychologists look for to see if a confession might be fake?
Signs of stress, confusion, or pressure
If twins raised apart both show similar criminal traits, which side does that support?
Nature
Personality disorders last a long time and affect what three things?
Thoughts, feelings, and behavior
A criminal thinks, “I won’t get caught.” What type of thinking is that?
Rational choice (thinking through risks)
If someone commits a crime because they were overwhelmed with emotion, it’s called a what crime?
Crime of passion
A long personality test used to understand someone's behavior in criminal cases is called what?
The MMPI-2 (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory)