Mental health clinicians working from an ecological theoretical perspective would suggest violent behavior is:
a. a neurologically based instinctual drive
b. a part of the socialization process
c. a basic instinct of displaced self-destructive impulses
d. influenced by interactions among personal predisposition, relationships, community, and society
D
An ecological perspective is based on the belief that violent behavior is influenced by interactions among personal predisposition, relationships, community, and society. Biological theories suggest that violence is a neurologically based instinctual drive. The psychoanalytic perspective of violence suggests that violence is a basic instinct of displaced and self-destructive impulses. Social learning theorists hypothesize that violence is a part of the socialization process.
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