Social Control Can Actually Cause Deviant Behavior as Well as Prevent

question 74

True/False

Social control can actually cause deviant behavior as well as prevent it.

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies unconsciously used to protect oneself from anxiety or unacceptable thoughts and feelings.

Reaction Formation

A psychological defense mechanism where an individual unconsciously replaces unacceptable thoughts or feelings with their opposites.

Aggressive Impulses

Instinctual drives that lead individuals to act or react in a forceful or hostile manner.

Neo-Freudian

Psychologists who accepted the basic concepts of Freud's theory but modified and expanded upon them to include social and cultural aspects.