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| Thinking Controls Behavior | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Every person lives life as they perceive it. To change your perspective is to change your future. Everyone has feelings that they prefer. It is unlikely that someone would wake up on a given day and think "I sure hope I feel powerless today", or " I would give anything if only I could feel helpless (or embarrassed, weak, worthless etc..) today. It sounds more reasonable to think "I hope I will be happy today" or "I hope I can control what is going on at work today ". | |||||||||||||||||||
| Common Anti-social Central Beliefs and Cognitive Routines | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Criminal Thinking....... Not just for crime | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This type of thinking will display itself in various forms of power struggles. It is not necessary that an anti-social thinker be engaged in criminal conduct to use the habits of thinking that drive criminal behavior. Defiance and hostility toward authority are symptomatic of criminogenic thinking patterns. It is often not doing what is normal or expected that provides feelings of power and a self-perception of individuality for offenders and troublesome youth. Forcing someone else to loose their temper or train of thought through disruptive behavior can be viewed as success, if the goal is disruption. Cooperation will then be viewed as failure if disruption is the goal. | |||||||||||||||||||
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