Individualistic Theories Flashcards
4 subsections of individualist theories
Physcodynamic, eyesneck personality, learning theories, cognitive theories
Frued about
ID deepest desire
EGO the mediator
SUPEREGO a moral compass learned through primary socialisation
Childhood determines personality
EVALUATION Frued
S POINTS TO IMPORTANCE OF CHILDHOOD
S PHYCHOANALYTIC EXPLENATIONS INFLUENCED POLICIES
W PHYSCOANALYTIC EXPLANATIONS ARE NOT SCIENTIFIC
W NO LONGER ACCEPTED BY PHYSCOLOGIST TOO HARD TO TEST
Bowlbys maternal deprivation about
From the ages 0-5 mother hood is vital if kids are separated even for a short time it will affect them
EXPERIMENT 44 juvenile thieves 39% have secrets
EVALUATION bowlby maternal deprivation
S MORE JUVINELLE THIEVES SUFFERD MATERNAL DEP
S ROLE OF A PARENT IS IMPORTANT IN EXPLAING CRIMINALITY
W THEY HAD TO RECALL NOT RELIABLE
W BOWLBY LATER DID AN EXPERIMENT WITH NO CORRELATION
ABOUT eyesneck personality
INTROVERTED serious thoughtful
EXTROVERTED outgoing sociable
NUEROTIC anxious moody
EMOTIONALLY STABLE calm tempered
Genetic inheritance plays a part in criminality Because of the immune system
EVALUATION eyesneck
S USEFUL TO MEASURE TENDENCIES THAT COULD INCREASE RISK OF OFFENDING
S OFFENDERS TEND TO BE EXTROVERTED NEUROTIC AND PSYCHOTIC
W FARRIGTON DISCOVERD OFFENDERS ARE USALLY NOT EXTROVERTED
W CRIMINALITY COULD CAUSE PERSONALITY
ABOUT Sutherland diffrential association theory
Behaviour learned through IMITATION (criminal skills learnt through observing) and LEARNED ATTITUDES(socialisation within a group)
EVALUATION Sutherland
S FARRINGTON 411 ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR 45% COMITS CRIME
S MATTHEW’S DELINQUENTS ARE LIKLEY TO HAVE ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR
W FARRIGNTON POVERTY AND LOW EDUCATION ALSO FEATURE
W NOT EVRYBODY WILL CHOOSE TO COMMIT CRIME EVEN IF SKILLS ARE LEARNT
ABOUT skinners operant conditing
People learn from the consequences of others
Reinforcement can be positive or negative
EXPERIMENT skinners box that housed a rat with the goal to push a lever if it did it WOUKD gwt food if not small shocks
EVALUATION skinner
S experiment showed that animals learn through experiance
S JEFFERY said if criminals get more rewards for commuting a crime there more likley to do it
W based on animals not humans
W ignores internal process
ABOUT social learning theory
OBSERVATION and IMITATION of a ROLE MODEL (powerful, similar, reinforcement)
VICARIOUS reinforcement watching soemone and there punishment
EXPERIEMNT bobo doll
EVALUATION social learning theory
S AGGRESIVE BEHAVIOR WHICH was rewarded was imitated
S STUDY HAS been replicated and yielded similar results
W LABRATORY STUDIES not rl
W IGNORES freedom of choice
