PSYB01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Social Control Theory, Electra Complex, Oedipus Complex

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15 Apr 2012
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Chapter 3 theories of crime: learning and environmental. 4/15/2012: psychodynamic: humans are thought to be inherently antisocial, driven by pleasure seeking, according to this perspective crime occurs when these impulses are not controlled. and destructive impulses. This is usually a result of forces failing regulate these impulses. Having examined hundred of people who have killed i have found that homicide usually does not originate because of a clearly defined impulse to kill, but is released by the intensity of internal conflicts. When as children we feel hurt by people"s rejection or criticism we either give vent to it or push away from our mind our real resentment until we forget about them. When we continue to repress and it becomes a pattern of behavior, without finding any outward expression or release, these hateful emotions accumulate within us. If we are unable to curb these hostile feelings, our ego-protecting defenses crumble and murderous acting-out impulses emerge.

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