Text Reading

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This text combines Developmental and Interpersonal viewpoints with the Psychoanalytic concepts. Please read through Chapter Four, pp. 85-136.

VCC Response:

In the text, the author provides several thoughts about the position these schools of thought take on why students misbehave. They are:

Misbehavior is strongly influenced by inherent, genetically programmed drives and needs

Misbehavior is a function of inadequate defenses needed to control drives.

All behavior is purposeful, so misbehavior is meeting a conscious or unconscious need.

The preschool years are the crucial ones, so if a student is misbehaving it may be historic.

Misbehavior is often the result of transgenerational patterns of inadequate or deviant parenting

Misbehavior is almost always associated with low self-esteem

Please go to the VCC and address your thoughts about the statement or belief with which you agree most and the one you find least valid. Feel free to discuss it, or to include substantiating research, web sites, personal experiences that underscore your beliefs.

Once you have completed this topic you should:

Go on to Online Reading 1
or
Go back to Psychodynamic Module Entrance

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