CRIM 103 Lecture : Criminology 103 May 19.docx

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 103
• Professor: Barry Cartwright

Document Summary

Risk factors: elements predictive of negative deviant outcomes, nonspecific accumulation of # of factors. Resilience factors: counteracting elements that reduce the risk, coping, adaption, resistance, recovery, compensatory or buffering effect. & lang. difficulties: low iq scores, adhd, cd. Inadequate parenting: abuse, neglect, parental psychopathology, antisocial siblings. Environmental: social support, community cohesion, neighborhood safety. Biological basis: chemical treatment, antisocial behavior. Principles of learning apply equally stimulus = response. Processes excluded learning involved behavior change tabula rasa (blank state: organisms are born as blank slates (everyone grows differently) learning results from environmental events (conditioning) Pavlov classical conditioning stimulus response connection (dogs) Pavlov"s dogs stimuli trigger related response: eating = salivation food = salivation stimuli trigger unrelated response, bell = salivation. Operant conditioning reinforcer: must follow response, must follow immediately, must be coupled with response. Primary reinforcer: satisfies biological need secondary reinforce, conditional through association with another reinforce. Material reinforcer social reinforcer activity reinforcer intrinsic reinforcer.