When Caught, Shoplifters Try to Rationalize Their Behavior: Cromwell and Thurman

question 108

Multiple Choice

When caught, shoplifters try to rationalize their behavior: Cromwell and Thurman found widespread use of which social process theory?

• A) Neutralization theory
• B) Social bond theory
• C) Labeling theory
• D) Differential enforcement theory

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Definitions:

Unconditional Positive Regard

A concept in client-centered therapy advocating for accepting and supporting others without judgement.

Myers-Briggs Type Inventory

A self-report questionnaire designed to categorize individuals into sixteen distinct personality types based on preferences in how people perceive the world and make decisions.

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the psyche that is the source of instinctual impulses and demands for immediate satisfaction of primal needs.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, it represents the part of the personality that mediates between the demands of the id, the superego, and reality.