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Proponents of each perspective on the topic of shoplifting:
  • Medical--might view shoplifting as arising from organic, physiological conditions.
  • Psychoanalytic--would view shoplifting as a conflict in the unconscious and the adequacy of ego development.
  • Cognitive--would focus on the irrational conscious thoughts that preceded the shoplifting.
  • HumanisticÐwould suggest that the individual take control and responsibility for the shoplifting.
  • Sociocultural--shoplifting was the result of sociocultural forces such as income or a broken home.
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Do you agree or disagree that DSM should be updated every several years? What makes abnormal behavior so variable? Why can't there be one definition of abnormal behavior that is unchanging?





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