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1. How does social learning theory differ from the psychoanalytic theory? Consider the implications of each theoretical model for responding to delinquent youth.

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The theory of social learning states that the actions and ways of acting of young delinquents are the result of living with delinquent adults. This is because children have the ability to repeat the behavior of adults, taking for themselves the activities they do. Thus, according to this theory, young delinquents are victims of an inhospitable environment where they live with criminal adults and end up learning these practices.

Psychoanalytic theory, on the other hand, asserts that the acts, activities and personalities of young deliquesentes are innate elements of their id, ego and superego. This indicates that the criminal activities in which they are involved have been reasoned by their own minds and that, therefore, it is necessary to understand their personalities to reach a conclusion about their crimes.

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