Sociology 2266A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Henry Maudsley, American Psychological Association, Isaac Ray
27 Oct 2016
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Throughout history people have believed in supernatural powers, both good and evil. Those who were most likely to be possessed were poor women believed to be witches. It is believed that a million women have been burned to death for practicing witchcraft. Religious organizations and the state historically used the idea of evil as justification for social control. Control of an individual by a supernatural spirit or power, typically identified as the cause of the deviant or criminal behaviour. Psychodynamic theory: behaviour, including criminal behaviour, is an expression of internal conflict stemming from unresolved, often unconscious experiences during childhood, freud believed that the mind has three levels of consciousness. Arises out of the relationship between our early life experiences and external influences. Moral and ethical dimension of the personality. Learns to weigh the consequences of acting on the id"s impulses. Keeps behaviour in the boundaries of social convention.
