PSYC39H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Intellectual Disability, Michael R. Gottfredson, B. F. Skinner
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Chapter 3 theories of crime: learning & environment- Controlled in 2 ways: believe that the activity of the id is opposed by the next personality structure to develop (the ego); ego followed by reality principle reality oriented thinking. Assumed to lead to pathological levels of unconscious guilt & criminal behavior is meant to subconsciously invite punishment in an attempt to resolve this guilt. Individuals who commit crime b/c of a weak superego are commonly associated with the psychopathic personality. Superego that fails to regulate the primitive and instinctual needs of the id, this type of individual is typically egocentric, impulsive, guiltless, and unempathic . Many serial killers are often assumed to commit crime due to a weak or underdeveloped superego. The third type of criminal commits crime as a result of a deviant superego. For these individuals, superego standards have developed but those are thought to reflect deviant identification.
