SOC225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Radicalization, Ingroups And Outgroups, New York City Police Department

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC225
• Professor: Holly Campeau

Document Summary

Differential reinforcement: burgess and akers (expand on differential association. , builds on da by integrating psychological learning. (crime is learnt behavior, combines ideas of differential association with elements from psychological learning. ) Individuals are neither all-deviant or all-conforming. (not either or situation. Behavior either rewarded or punished- this is how we learn it. First deviance is a behavior that starts off as imitation- important figures we look to and imitate their behavior- then, that behavior is maintained through reinforcement, and weakened through punishment. Deviant engagement reinforced when positive rewards are gained or when punishment is avoided, or weakened by negative stimuli or loss of reward. : depends on nature of reinforcement by positive gain or when punishment is avoided. Deviance is weakened by negative stimuli or loss of reward. Teenagers who believe they will be rewarded for their deviance by people they respect were more likely to consume drugs- peer pressure= feeling rewarded through friendships and connections in this phase of life.