AC4.1 theories influence policys

Question 1

freud psychoanalysis

Answer 1

resolve unconscious by surfacing it e.g free association
+ expensive trained frequent sessions
- only 44% patients show improvement
e.g. Aichhorn applied to young offenders place to make happy place

Question 2

operant learning theory

Answer 2

token economies
positive tokens and prizes
negative punishments and no prizes
-when program ends so does good behaviour
-can violate rights
preferential treatment + bias
\+ young offenders mainly

Question 3

eysenck

Answer 3

aversion therapy
unpleasant associations
extravert harder to learn through socialisation
memory association
-controversial, inhumane, only short term effects
but not widely used enough to decide

Question 4

CBT

Answer 4

change thought processes, anger management ect.
aggression replacement training, moral reasoning and anger control
think first
lower reconviction

Question 5

informal policies

Answer 5

given by people/voluntary e.g. psychoanalysis

Question 6

formal policies

Answer 6

broken windows theory, zero tolerance policy (reduced in NYC but so was everywhere else)