CRIM 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Embezzlement, False Advertising, Reinforcement
20 Jun 2016
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Symbolic interactionism- associated with chicago school of thinking, especially w. i. Also part of edwin sutherland"s differential association theory, and ronald akers" social learning theory. Interactionist theory states that meaning and reality are constructed through social interaction, and through the sharing or communication of symbols that take on a significance of their own. All of the human behaviours we see are shaped by the definitions", meanings or identities that individuals and groups acquire though this process of social interaction. Differential association-reinforcement theory- robert burgess and ronald akers" 1966 theory was a forerunner the. They said that sutherland did not clearly specify the mechanisms or processes through which criminal behavior was learned. However, they said b. f. skinner"s operant conditioning was capable of explaining the mechanisms involved in the learning of behavior. Rather than simply saying criminal behavior is learned" burgess and akers" say it is learned in accordance with the principles of operant conditioning .
