PSY 371 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Operant Conditioning, Labeling Theory, Social Learning Theory
9 Mar 2016
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Involves carefulling considering the nature of the threat, the risk posed by the certain individual, and the needed response to reduce the risk of hamrful action. Classical school of criminology: crime due to some inherent sin. Positivist school of criminology: factors that determine criminal behavior have more to play. Some inherent thing lacking in the structure of society. Crime originates when various groups endorse values that clash with the dominant society. Durkheim"s anomie: life without moral or social obligations that may precede suicide or crime. Concordance rates: % of identical twins vs fraternal twins in sharing the behavior of interest. About 50% heritability rate for violent behaviors. Stimulation seeking theory: thrill seeking/disruptive behavior serve to increase sensory input and arousal to a more tolerable level. Control theory: people will behave antisocially until they learn. Learning theory: stresses how individuals directly acquire specific criminal behaviors through different forms of learning. Criminal behavior is acquired through operant coniditioning and modeling.
