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Flashcards by Adam O'Rourke, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Adam O'Rourke
almost 11 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Weak Superego | No same sex parent during the phallic stage, so the child does not have the opportunity to identify with the parents moral code. The child grows up with no firm idea of right and wrong, the superego is not sufficiently punitive and the person does not feel guilt therefore they show no inhibition |
| Deviant Superego | The same sex parent whom the child identifies with is an immoral person. The child then internalises a moral code that is deviant. The person views of right and wrong are at odds with the rest of society |
| Over-Harsh Superego | The childs superego is excessively punitive and demanding of guilt, leading the child to seek out opportunities to be punished chastised. The person engages in compulsive criminal behaviour because of their unconscious desire to be punished |
| Defense Mechanisms | -Denial -Rationalisation -Displacement -Sublimation |
| Denial | A person refuses to accept that an unpleasant event is happening because to acknowledge it would be too disturbing. A person who commits a series of murders can refuse to accept that they are happening or to recognise the severity of their actions |
| Rationalisation | Explains unacceptable behaviour in a rational and acceptable way, eg people who attack women who dresses provocatively could rationalise it by seeing these women as a scourge on decent society and they should be taught a lesson |
| Displacement | An individual takes out their anger and frustration on a substitute object, therefore someone who is angry, at their girlfriend for example, may attack a random person on the street |
| Sublimation | Redirecting normally primitive impulses into more acceptable activities, eg a person who wants to rape and murder might seek out a prostitute for violent sexual activity |
| Maternal Deprivation | Bowlby - Suggests that being deprived of a continuous loving relationship with the mother in the first 2 years results in irreversible damage including delinquency, affectionless psychopathy etc. Klein - Affectionless psychopathy - A permanent lack of feeling for others Can explain many types of offending as most offenders appear to have no feelings for victims and some have below average intelligence. |
| Evaluation | Many people without a same sex parent grow up to be perfectly law abiding According to Freud, males should be more moral but figures show the opposite Defense mechanisms are unconscious and cannot be tested Bowlby's study - Retrospective, so simple cause and effect relationship |
| Inadequate Superego | Blackburn stater that 3 types of superego result in a person demonstrating offending behaviour - Weak Superego - Deviant superego - Over-harsh superego |
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