Biological explanations to offending

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What gene did Tiihonen (2014) discover that was linked to aggressive behaviour?
MAOA
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What are the genes called that are responsible for certain things?
Candidate
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What model suggests that a tendency towards criminal behaviour may come about through genetics and a biological/psychological trigger?
Diathesis stress model
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Who conducted twin studies for genetic explanations to offending?
Lange
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What kind of explanations are more associated with brain structures?
Neural
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What disorder is associated with reduced emotional responses and a lack of empathy?
Anti-social personality disorder
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What type of neurons are said to reflect to watching something on screen?
Mirror
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Raine (2002) studied that those who have APD have a reduction of grey matter where?
Prefrontal cortex
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Those who have APD can empathise sometimes but this must be activated. What is this activation called?
Neural switch
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Why is it a problem that twin studies were conducted at early stages of psychology?
Poor control
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This theory suggests that genetic and neural structures affect our behaviour. What else is this known as?
Biological determinism
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This explanation breaks down behaviour into small parts. What is this called?
Biological reductionism
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