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10 Cards in this Set
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Id
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Ego + Super Ego; Unconscious group of irrational, antisocial, instinctual impulses; Impluses must be controlled and shaped for social adaptation to life.
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Ego
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Conscious part of mind; Rational part of mind; Gains control of instincts at age 3; Desire to possess the opposite-sex parent.
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Super Ego
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Conscience part of mind; Moralizing part of mind; Identifying with the same-sex parent; Internalizing parental control; No desire to possess opposite-sex parent.
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Psychoanalytic Theory
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Delinquent or criminal behavior is unimportant; Symptom of conflict between ID, Ego, Super Ego; Symptoms also include mental illness, disorders, and psychic disturbances.
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Psychoanalytic Theory Assessments
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1) Empirical validity is hard to assess
2) Deterministic language 3) Unequivocal support for any psychiatric explanation 4) Relies heavily on clinical case studies 5) Interps tend to be AFTER-THE-FACT, tautological, and not testable. |
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Personality Theory Assumptions
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1) Criminal behavior is a symptom of underlying conflicts
2) Personality begins developing in early childhood 3) Personality can continue to be shaped even in adulthood, by life experiences 4) Each person has a core personality 5) An ABNORMAL personality trait is responsible for criminal behavior |
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Personality Inventories
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1) aggressiveness
2) emotional instability 3) immaturity 4) egocentricity 5) lack of inhibition 6) Passivity |
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MMPI
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Minnesota Multi Phasic Inventory; Most successful in distinguishing offenders from non-offenders; Are criminals psychopaths?
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PD SCALE
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Stems from the MMPI; Offender is more faulty; "Not lived the right life;" Psychopathy = 55 different traits; Distinguishing between offenders and non-offenders; Non-delinquents score low.
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Psycho. Personality Traits
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1) Impulsiveness
2) Inability to relate to others 3) Inability to learn from past experiences 4) Lack of guilt, remorse, sympathy 5) Insensitive to others' pain 6) Repeated wrong-doing 7) Irresponsibility |
