CRIM 103 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Major Depressive Disorder, Gerald Patterson, Parenting
26 Feb 2017
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Diagnosed with borderline, schizotypal personality disorder, psychotic. 15 murders, sentenced to life in prison. Biological: genetics, classical conditioning, effects on body (alcoholism) Trait: enduring behavioural, cognitive and affective predispositions, without regard of biological/psychological/social bases. Psychodynamic: psychological motivations and controls of overt behaviour. Differences in behaviour/cognition a result from different socialization. Radical: effects of immediate environment on behaviour. Humanistic/existential: view of free choice, perception, attraction of interpersonal warmth is positive. Social learning/cognition: learning by observation, role of cognition. Although many psychological perspectives on crime and deviance, there are four unifying principles common to each. Interest in understanding thoughts, emotions and behaviours of individuals. Openness to full range of possible factors of individual behaviour, and the full range of moderator"s mediators that affect those facts. Commitment to rational/empirical approach to knowledge construction. Seeking empirical knowledge, construction of theories and application of knowledge are subject to ethics and professional guidelines.
