individualistic

Question 1

What were the 3 patterns of thinking in the Cognitive theory

Answer 1

Attribution, Perception of consequences and Moral reasoning

Question 2

What is Attribution

Answer 2

Attribution theory is concerned with how ordinary people explain the causes of behaviour and events.

Question 3

What is Perception of consequences

Answer 3

Perception of consequences refers to the extent to which people consider the consequences of their actions for other people.

Question 4

What is Moral reasoning

Answer 4

Moral reasoning refers to our understanding of right and wrong.

Question 5

What are some strengths and weakness if the Cognitive theory

Answer 5

Strength
• Hs always used highly control methods of testing. This has involved the use of lab experiments to get reliable, objective data.
Weakness
• The main disadvantage of the cognitive approach is that it refers to the cognitive process that we cannot directly observe

Question 6

What did Bandura say

Answer 6

Bandura said We observe others and that we observe the consequences of other people’s actions

Question 7

Sutherland said that there were two reasons for a person to develop into an offender what were they

Answer 7

1. Learn a set of values and attributes that support offending
2. Learn specific behaviour for committing crime

Question 8

What is the Differential association theory about

Answer 8

Southerly said that people’s are not born criminals but learn that behaviour form the people they socialist with.

Question 9

What are models

Answer 9

people we models our behaviour off of they are normally similar same age same gender to us powerful teacher, parent, relative caring teacher, parent, relative

Question 10

What are some strengths and weakness if the Learning theory

Answer 10

Strength
• Farrington found that family is a large influence on offending. Crime can be seen as intergenerational.
Weakness
• This theory dose not account for individual differences some people are much more easily lead than others

Question 11

What are the 3 personality types

Answer 11

Extraversion, Psychoticism and Neuroticism

Question 12

what is Neuroticism

Answer 12

how emotionally stable an individual is ( like do they over react a lot and are the easily emotional or not)

Question 13

what is Extraversion

Answer 13

how much stimulation an individual needs from there enrirement

Question 14

what is Psychoticism

Answer 14

how antisocial a person is ( there are cold uncaring, solitary and aggressive)

Question 15

What are some strengths and weakness if the personality theory

Answer 15

Strength
• Eysenck predicted that traumatised scours would be high in Neuroticism and they were
Weakness
• Lack of reliability. People may respond differently on different days and times.

Question 16

Personality is made up of three parts wat are they

Answer 16

the id, ego and super-ego

Question 17

what is the id

Answer 17

Id is the selfish, animalistic urges.

Question 18

what is the ego

Answer 18

Ego is rational, sensible and control

Question 19

what is the superego

Answer 19

Superego is conscience and morality

Question 20

what are the 3 different types of superego

Answer 20

weak superego (punishes the ego with anxiety and gratifies the id)
 deviant superego ( has deviant values)
strong superego ( makes you anxious and guilty most of the time. commits crime to get punished to assuage the  guilt. the person would also express antisocial impulses)

Question 21

What are some strengths and weakness if the Psychodynamic theory

Answer 21

Strength
• The is ego and superego seem to match parts of the brain, that have been established by research as having similar functions. Limbic system- id, pre frontal cortex – ego.
Weakness
• No longer accredited by psychologists due to the difficulty of testing. You can’t test the unconcise mind.