Key Terminology

3. A list of predicted abilities, personality characteristics, occupation, marital status, etc., that can be sued to narrow down a list of suspects for a crime.
8. A therapy where someone finds their own way of looking at people (their personal conducts) and uses those constructs, not only to see how they judge the people they know but also to measure change after therapy.
10. prophecy When the expectations of others influence our behaviour.
14. Any variables that might affect the results of the study that might not be controlled.
15. Ways to keep variables constant in all conditions of an experiment.
16. To adjust to expectations made of us.
17. A rare genetic pattern said to be linked to aggression and slow learning ability.
18. A general view of a person based on little or no factual information.

1. A person who has been accused of a crime and is now in court.
2. The evidence given by a witness, expert, or person the defendant knows well.
4. When we change our behaviour to meet the demands of the situation.
5. Research into the similarity of twins, particularly their criminal similarity, to investigate genetic links.
6. A measure of an association or relationship between two factors or variables, e.g. family size and crime can be correlated to see if there is a link between the two.
7. The idea that a person will commit a crime in a way that mirrors his or her own personality and ability. An organised person will commit an organised crime.
8. Person suffering from a chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behaviour.
9. A mutation of genetic material that results as a change in the number or structure of chromosomes.
11. A group that does not receive an experimental condition. This group provides a baseline on which to compare those participants who do experience a condition of the experiment.
12. Has to be done.
13. A decision made by a jury. The verdict can be guilty or innocent.