Lesson 6.1.1
6.1.1 Biological and social explanations of crime Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Psychology, Unit 6
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The 20 questions
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Which brain structure's dysfunction is most linked to heightened aggression in criminology?
- Hippocampus
- Hypothalamus
- Cerebellum
- Amygdala
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What genetic abnormality defines XYY syndrome in males?
- Extra Y chromosome
- Missing X chromosome
- Extra X chromosome
- Missing Y chromosome
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Which brain area, when injured, most commonly causes poor impulse control and offending?
- Parietal lobe
- Occipital lobe
- Frontal lobe
- Temporal lobe
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According to labelling theory, what outcome occurs when an individual internalises a criminal label?
- Secondary deviance
- Primary deviance
- Reaction formation
- Deindividuation
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What process occurs when an expectation of criminal behaviour causes that behaviour to happen?
- Self-fulfilling prophecy
- Vicarious reinforcement
- Cognitive dissonance
- Social learning
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Which term describes the initial act of deviance before any labelling takes place?
- Operant conditioning
- Primary deviance
- Secondary deviance
- Cognitive dissonance
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In Eysenck's theory, which personality trait is most strongly associated with aggression and lack of empathy?
- Introversion
- Psychoticism
- Extraversion
- Neuroticism
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What research limitation prevents claiming that brain injury directly causes criminal behaviour?
- Social desirability
- Correlation, not causation
- Low task validity
- Demand characteristics
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Which theory predicts that a youth labelled delinquent by teachers will internalise this expectation?
- Social identity theory
- Self-fulfilling prophecy
- Deindividuation
- Differential association
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Why can personality questionnaires given to prisoners not definitively prove personality causes crime?
- Data tests genetics
- Data is correlational
- Data is qualitative
- Data lacks ethics
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What is a practical strength of using biological explanations to understand criminal behaviour?
- Eliminates all recidivism
- Ignores environmental factors
- Guides biological treatments
- Explains all crime
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What is a main limitation of purely social explanations of offending like labelling theory?
- Lacks face validity
- Ignores social environment
- Ignores biological factors
- Overemphasises genetics
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Which social explanation emphasises that criminal behaviour is acquired over time through observational learning?
- Psychoticism theory
- Social learning theory
- Eysenckian genetics
- XYY syndrome
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Combining biological factors like brain injury with social factors like labelling forms which approach?
- Interactionist approach
- Behaviourist approach
- Reductionist approach
- Determinist approach
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Why is XYY syndrome considered a weak explanation for criminal aggression?
- Poor ethical approval
- Inconsistent research evidence
- Strong historical bias
- High sample mortality
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Why must psychological explanations of crime account for gender differences?
- Gender is biological
- Offending rates differ
- Males never offend
- Females never offend
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Which factor explains why individuals respond differently to being labelled as criminals?
- Biological determinism
- Individual differences
- Deindividuation
- Social constructionism
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Which social process describes an individual fulfilling expectations after being labelled a criminal?
- Social learning
- Deindividuation
- Differential association
- Self-fulfilling prophecy
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Which approach combines biological predispositions and social influences to explain crime?
- Interactionist approach
- Social determinism
- Biological reductionism
- Psychodynamic approach
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Which social explanation proposes that negative labels drive further offending behaviour?
- Self-fulfilling prophecy
- Operant conditioning
- Social learning
- Differential association
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