CRI205H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Unconscious Mind, Psychodynamics, Natural Selection
7 Mar 2017
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Lack of adequate empirical testing using small, non-representative samples. Psychological trait theories: tarde 3 laws of imitation to describe why people engage in crime: I(cid:374)dividuals i(cid:374) (cid:272)lose a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)ti(cid:373)ate (cid:272)o(cid:374)ta(cid:272)t te(cid:374)d to i(cid:373)itate o(cid:374)e a(cid:374)other"s behaviour. Interactions that are rewarded are copied, while those that are punished are avoided: criminality can be influenced by interpersonal and observed behaviour. Psychodynamic theory: the human personality is controlled by unconscious mental processes developed early in childhood: conscious mind, preconscious mind, and unconscious mind; where biological desires and urges are repressed. Chapter 6: contains feelings about sex and hostility, personality contains a three-part structure: id (pleasure principle), ego (reality principle), and superego (morality principle). Human development: fixation at any stage of the psychosexual model has consequences: root of adult behaviour problems can be traced to psychological problems developed in early life. Neurosis: people suffer when they experience feelings of mental anguish and are afraid they are losing control of their personalities.
