CRIM 300W Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Prenatal Nutrition, The Bell Curve, Superficial Charm
19 Nov 2016
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Crim300 chapter 4: psychological theories of crime. Traumatic events in the past that caused the individual to process info and make decisions differently. Personality and how it plays out in social settings. Focus of science turned to the mind. Coincided with general psychological theories such as . Personality composed of 3 parts: id, superego. So worried about something that they mess it up. Seeks to fit in and be accepted by society. Dominant superego and subsequent explosion of the id. Ideas, thoughts, feelings of which we are aware. Well below the surface of awareness: ego. Supported by glueck & glueck: oral, anal, phallic, latent, genital. Castration for boys, penis envy for girls. Conflict: sexual attraction for members of the opposite sex (oedipal/electra complexes) Conflict: rejection of the opposite sex and asexual pursuits. Conflict: sexual gratification vs. intimacy with the opposite sex. Allied all known theories of juvenile delinquency and development. Broad term that describes individual"s behavioural/emotional characteristics.
