A psychologist who explains a rapist's behaviour in terms of the rapist's displaced hostility toward his mother is most likely to prefer which perspective?

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Psychodynamic perspective views behaviour as a result of unconscious conflicts and motives. Freud, the founder of the psychodynamic theory, believed that early childhood experiences shape a person's behaviour and personality. The idea of displaced hostility towards the mother is consistent with this perspective.

A Psychologist Who Explains a Rapist's Behaviour in Terms of the Rapist's