Individualistic theories

• Psychodynamic theories?


  freud psychoanalysis, bowlbys maternal deprivation
• freud Psychoanalysis: what’s the id?

  pleasure principle wants instant gratification and represent the most primitive part of our personality
• Freud psychoanalysis: what’s the ego?

  the reality principle acts as mediator between the id and super ego
• Freud psychoanalysis: what’s the super ego?

  .morality principle embodies right from wrong
• Freud psychoanalysis: What’s the best way to understand criminality?

  examine early childhood experiences as criminality is linked to guilt
• Who came up with social learning theory?

  Albert Bandura
• What are two examples of learning theories?

  operant learning theory and social learning theory
• social learning theory: what was the aim of the bobo doll experiment?


  to test if agression is learnt from watching others reacting in an agressive way
• Social learning theory procedure?

  group one saw the adult praised for aggression

  group two saw the adult punished for aggression

  group 3 was a control group and the adult was not punished or praised
• Social learning theory findings?


  group 1 imitated agressive behaviour

  group 2 were least likely to imitate behaviour

  group 3 imitated agressibe behaviour but less so than group 1
• Social learning theory conclusion?

  wether they imitated the behaviour or not depended on what consequences the role model received
• What is operant learning theory?

  the idea that if behaviour is rewarded it will be repeated and it the behaviour results in an undesirable outcome it will not be repeated.
• What is the psycholgical theory for individualistic theories of criminality?

  eyesenk
• Psychological: what study did Eysenck carry out?


  Carried out a personality questionnaire with 700 soldiers who were being treated for neurological disorders
• Psychological: what were else is three personality types?

  extraversion or introversion

  neurticism or stability

  psyvhoticism
• why did Eysenck believe that extrovert neurotic and psychotic are more likely to offend?


  diifuckt for them to control immature impulses and criminals are less likely to understand the rules of society