Exam 4: Understanding Risk Factors for Offending: The Contributions of Neuroscience

Minor physical anomalies (MPAs) have been shown to correlate with aggressive behaviours. They may be due to:

Which attachment style is most often associated with parental maltreatment and is sometimes indicative of the parent having experienced an unresolved loss or trauma of their own?

Below are three risk factors for antisocial behaviour. Two are post-natal risk factors and one is a prenatal risk factor. Can you identify the prenatal risk factor?

Give the full name of a technique that has been used to examine the structural integrity of the brain.

The limbic system, particularly the amygdala and the anterior cingulated, is associated with social behaviour.

Attachment at the neurobiological level is primarily driven by oxytocin and _______.

A preoccupied/anxious attachment style is most commonly associated with psychopathy.

Monoamine oxidase-A (MAO-A) has been linked to antisocial behaviour.

______ disorder is often a precursor to antisocial behaviour.

Obstetrical (birth) complications interact with psychosocial risk factors, such as severe maternal rejection, when they exert an influence on antisocial behaviour.

The modification of which of these risk factors has not been shown to reduce antisocial behaviour?

The greater the amount of maternal smoking during pregnancy, the greater the risk of criminality later in life.