Identify and Briefly Describe the Four Common Rationalizations for Justifying

question 101

Essay

Identify and briefly describe the four common rationalizations for justifying misconduct.

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Definitions:

Oral Stage

In Freudian psychoanalysis, an early life stage focusing on the pleasures and frustrations associated with the mouth, sucking, and being fed.

Characteristic Personality Traits

Features that are distinctive and describe consistent behaviors in a person across different situations and over time.

Primary Process

In psychoanalytic theory, the unconscious thought processes that are primitive and symbolic, driven by the pleasure principle.

Heredity

The passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another.