Use the Leading Theories to Explain Why Individuals with the Super-Traits

question 22

Essay

Use the leading theories to explain why individuals with the super-traits of irritability/low self-control are more likely to engage in delinquency.

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Definitions:

Group Cohesion

The degree to which members of a group are drawn together and feel loyalty and togetherness.

Conformity

Adjusting one's behavior or beliefs to match those of others, often as a result of real or imagined group pressure.

Conversion Theory

The explanation that people are influenced by a minority because the minority’s distinctive position better captures their attention.

Reciprocity

The practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit, especially privileges or favors granted by one country or organization to another.