developmental

Question 1

freud

Answer 1

• ID develops from birth, pleasure principle aims to gain immediate reward, if demands are blocked/ not satisfied- fustration, if have a dominant ID adulthood personality- agressive and impulsive
• phallc stage develops ages 3-6,- superego where we internalise with our parents during phallic stage, weak superego can develop from absence of same sex parent, this means we ignore commands from superego and act to satisfy the ID, leading to morals not internalised - committing crimes

strength: bowlby 44 theirs reported that 39% of delinquent juveniles had significant disruptions from attachments during childhood, e.g. from same sex parent compared to only 5% non-delinquent

• unfalsifibale cant prove psychodynamic theory’s true impossible to scientifically test

Question 2

evolution ( maybe )

Answer 2

A01 natural selection pass genes down more agressive traits favoured etc

strength- buss et al
weakness- reductionist

Question 3

hormones

Answer 3

testosterone peaks in males during puberty, become more agressive than before puberty- high levels of testosterone seen to be correlated to increased agression, more males in prison 95%, 93% murders committed by males- have much more testosterone than females as exposed in womb and during puberty-

dabbs 89 male prisoners 10/11 violent, high levels testosterone ….

lacks gen