CRIM 103 Psychology Flashcards
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It is centered on the notion that an individuals early childhood experiences influences his or her likelihood for commiting future crimes.
Psychodynamic theory
argues that behavior is
learned. Also referred to as social learning theory, behavioral
theory holds that actions are determined largely by life
experiences
Behavioral Theory
based on the idea
that cognitive processes are at the center of behaviors,
thoughts and emotions.
Cognitive Theory
refers to the
psychology of mental or emotional forces or processes developing
especially in early childhood and their effects on behavior and mental
states
Psychodynamics
Freud thought that
human behavior, including, violent behavior, was the product of
“unconscious” forces operating within a person’s mind.
Psychoanalytic Theory
This is the first psychosexual stage in which the
infant’s source of id gratification is the mouth.
Oral Stage (0-18 Months)
It consists of whatever sensations and experiences you
are aware of at a given moment of time.
The Conscious Level
This domain is sometimes called available memory
that encompasses all experiences that are not conscious at the moment, but
which can easily be retrieved into awareness either spontaneously or with a
minimum of effort. Examples might include memories of everything you did last
Saturday night, all the towns you ever lived in, your favorite books, or an
argument you had with a friend yesterday.
The Preconscious Level.
It is the deepest and major stratum of the human
mind.
The Unconscious Level
- felt that exposure
to stressful social environments did not automatically produce crime or
violence. - felt that stress only
produced crime in those who had a particular mental state known as
latent delinquency.
August Aichorn
2 kinds of delequency
Latent delequency - nasa utak pa lang ng bata
Manifest delequency - ginagawa na
there is a conflict between ego and super ego, as
well as the inability to control impulsive and pleasure-seeking
drives, because these influences are rooted in early childhood
and later reinforced through reactions to familial and social
stresses.
- crime because of family and social stresses
- personality conflicts
David Abrahamsen
- General Emotionality Theory
- many offenses can be traced to either in excess or a deficiency of a
particular instinct which accounts for the tendency of many criminals
to be weak willed or easily led. - Callous type of offenders may be due to the
deficiency in the primitive emotion of love and an excuse of the
instinct of hate.
Cyril Burt (study of young delequent)
Individual Delinquency
- crime happen because of pain
-conducted a study of 105 pairs of brothers.
- Parent favoritism
- between two siblings. The criminal usually have less favor by parents.
William Healy
- A person is emotionally matured if he has learned to
control his emotion effectively - An emotionally immature person rebels against rules and
regulations, engages in usual activities and experiences a feeling of
guilt due to inferiority complex. (Sadboi)
Walter Bromberg.
personality is biologically based and that it has
personality traits dimensions, namely:
1. Extraversion
2. Neuroticism
3. Psychotism
Hans Eysenck
It refers to a biological need individuals have for
high or low levels of environmental stimulation
Extraversion
It refers to the stability of personality and a high
neuroticism score would represent someone who is more reactive and
volatile and perhaps more likely to engage in offending behavior.
Neuroticism
It relates to the degree to which somebody is anti-
social, aggressive and uncaring.
Psychoticism
Attachment Theory
Affectionless Psychopathy
Kapag ang bata iniwan ng magulang noong bata pa lalaki syang careless
John Bowly
believed that short-term separation from an
attachment figure leads to distress (i.e., the PDD model). The three progressive
stages of distress under PDD model are:
1. Protest
2. Despair
3. Detatchment
Robertson and Bowlby
The child cries, screams and protests angrily when the parent leaves.
They will try to cling on to the parent to stop them from leaving.
Protest
The child’s protesting begins to stop, and they appear to be calmer
although still upset. The child refuses others’ attempts for comfort and often
seems withdrawn and uninterested in anything.
Despair
If separation continues the child will start to engage
with other people again. They will reject the caregiver on their return
and show strong signs of anger.
Detatchment
