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1
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what did keyers find?

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only when criminals were asked to empathise did their empathy reaction activate - suggest APD indiviudals arent totally without empathy

2
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problems with twin studies?

A

little control - lack validity

small samples

3
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support for diathesis stress model?

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medenick looked at 13000 danish adoptees
neither adoptee or child had parent as criminal 13.5%
either parent had convictions 20%
24.5% both convictions

4
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problems with adoption studies?

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many adopted late so most childhood spent with biological parents - difficult to assess environmental impact

5
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biological reductionism

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too simplistic