GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
LEARNING THEORIES
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This creates deep-seated guilt feelings in the individual who then craves punishment as a release from these feelings. This may lead to an individual engaging in compulsive repeat offending in order to be punished
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The individual will feel less guilt about anti-social actions and less inhibition about acting on the id’s selfish or aggressive urges.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -1) Weak Superego may develop if the same-sex parent is absent during the phallic stage of psycho-sexual development. This would mean that we would fall to internalize the moral values of the same sex parent. 2) Deviant Superego may develop if the child internalizes the morals of a criminal or deviant same-sex parent.
Detailed explanation-2: -Consequently, a weak superego means that one feels minimal pressure to adhere to the moral regulations established by society. A weak superego, then, would also mean a higher level of engagement in risky or impulsive behavior.
Detailed explanation-3: -Over-harsh: the superego is excessively harsh and focused on punishment, leading to a heightened sense of guilt and an unconscious drive to commit crime in order to be punished.
Detailed explanation-4: -Psychodynamic Theory Based on this idea, criminal behavior is seen primarily as a failure of the superego. More generally, psychodynamic theory sees criminal behavior as a conflict between the id, ego and superego. This conflict can lead to people developing problematic behavior and delinquency.