Humanistic perspective and the sociocultural perspective

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Imagine that a well paid employee was arrested for shoplifting a $15 sweater. What sort of explanation for this behavior would the proponents of each perspective on abnormality provide: the medical perspective, the psychoanalytic perspective, the behavioral perspective, the cognitive perspective, the humanistic perspective and the sociocultural perspective? Based on the potential causes of shoplifting, if you were his or her employer would you fire the employee? Why or why not?

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