Sociology 2266A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Fear Conditioning, Albert Bandura, Truancy
31 Jan 2017
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Chapter 9 intro to criminology: psychological perspectives on criminality. Assumption of offender deficit: the view that offenders who break the law have some psychological deficit that distinguishes them from normal, law-abiding citizens. Assumption of discriminating traits: the view that offenders are distinguished from non-offenders by, for example, their high levels of impulsiveness an aggression. Repucci and clingempeel 2 major omissions in psychological research: typically very little emphasis placed on studies of the strengths of offenders, tends to ignore the potential importance of situational and environmental factors for individual behavior. Community psychology: a perspective that analyzes social problems, including crime, as largely a product of organizational and institutional characteristics of society. Id: a psychoanalytic term that denotes the most inaccessible and primitive part of the mind. It is a reservoir of biological urges that strive continually for gratification. The ego mediates between the id and the superego. Ego: a psychoanalytic term denoting the rational part of the personality.
