Individualistic theories Flashcards

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What is criminality due to (Freud)

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Tripartite personality

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What is the Id

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Developed at birth, pleasure principle, demands instant gratification, resides in unconscious

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What is the Ego

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Developed at 2 years, reality principle, demands reduced conflict, resides in conscious

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What is the superego

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Developed at 5 years, moral principle, demands the right thing, resides in unconscious.

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What is the unconscious

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Cant access, trauma and childhood experiences held here, revealed in dreams and fantasies, driving force behind behaviour.

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What are the 4 personalities that cause criminal behaviour

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Weakly developed superego,
Unforgiving superego,
Deviant superego
Dominant Id

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What is a weakly developed superego

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Unable to keep Id ‘in line’, occurs when same sex parent is absent so moral code cannot be internalised.

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What is an unforgiving superego

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Satisfaction from punishment as they think they deserve it, over-guilty.

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What is deviant superego

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Super ego is less responsive, occurs when same sex parent is immoral so immoral beliefs are developed.

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Weakness of Freud theory

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Difficult to test concepts, used case studies

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Real world application (Freud)

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Led to development of psychoanalysis which brings repressed memories into conscious.

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Research support (Freud)

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39% of delinquents have experienced separation from mother (5% non-criminal)

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What does Eysenck see as criminal personality types

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Extraversion, Neuroticism, Psychoticism

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What is extraversion

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People are outgoing, active, social and enjoy risks.

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How doe extraversion cause criminality

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Cerebral cortex in under stimulated as RAS in inhibited, crime creates extra stimulation and makes it faster.

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What is neuroticism

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People worry, prone to feeling guilty, are unstable and easily agitates

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How does neuroticism cause criminality

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Limbic system is overwhelmed by stress, leading them to act out and react quickly

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What is psychotocism

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Impulsive, aggressive and selfish, lack control over behaviour

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How does psychoticism cause criminality

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High dopamine levels- lack of empathy

20
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Eyesenck ignoring individual differences

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For example, someone who spontaneously mugs someone is not the same as someone who carefully plans out fraud. Therefore, some say it is wrong to ‘lump together’ crimes.

21
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Eysenck’s emphasis on nature

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He claims people’s personality is genetic, which does not explain its consistency over time due to other influences. Therefore, it ignored the importance of upbringing.

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Eysenck’s self-report issues

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They are subject to response bias and social desirability bias, decreasing the validity of the research.

22
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Eyesenck research support

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2070 male prisoners compared to 2442 male controls found criminals scored higher on levels of personality types.

23
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Social learning theory statement

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Criminal behaviour is learned through a social context.

24
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What is observation

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Someone watches a role model carrying out a criminal act.

25
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What is imitation

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Someone copies a role model’s behaviour.

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What is a role model

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Someone to look up to and identify with.

27
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What is identification

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An observer associates themselves with the model and wants to be like the role model.

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What is modelling

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Modelling is when the role models perform a precise demonstration of a specific behaviour.

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What is vicarious reinforcement

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Reinforcement is not directly experienced but occurs through observing someone else being reinforced for a behaviour.

30
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Bobo doll study

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Children who saw an adult rewarded for being violent were violent.

31
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Bobo doll unrealistic environment.

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It is subject to demand characteristics and has low ecological validity, meaning the study tells us little about how children learn aggression in real life.

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Bobo doll ethical issues

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Children were exposed to aggression and not protected from the harm, leading to long-term consequences.

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Bobo doll biological influence

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Testosterone influencing male aggression makes the explanation too simplistic.

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Bobo doll strict conditions

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Making it easy to replicate and repeat to see if the same results are found, giving the study high reliability.