SOCIOL 3CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Social Learning Theory, Psychological Abuse, Homicide
22 Oct 2014
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Family dysfunction: it is not class bound or gender based, happened to every type of family (upper class have a bit more money to hide it sneaky bastards) Different types of abuse and dysfunction, not always male on female, not always an issue of poverty. No study to date show that that men are more aggressive. Is it biology or social learning theory (is that what you learn?) Common assumption: father was violent so son is violent, learned that from the father. Sometimes look at males in prison and base it on that. Note who do children under the age of 8 spend the most of their time with: spend most time with the mother (female, if this is when social learning takes place, children are predominately with the mother. Have to be more open when looking at studies of aggression, many preconceived ideas about gender. Compare to two religions instead of genders, would you still say that statement (ex.
