PSYCH 2650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Gary Becker, Antisocial Personality Disorder
14 Sep 2016
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5. economic sociological biological psychological social-psychological: economic theory, gary becker: won the nobel prize for optimal deterrence (it"s too costly to deter all crime) They found that probability of detection actually has very little influence on peo- ple when thinking about awards/punishments, and actually that when explicitly asked, they oppose optimal deterrence policies. higher fines = people are more risk averse. 3: but doesn"t change the aspect of social inequalities that cause crime, goes against the principle of equality of punishment everywhere also, it"s easier to control rules than to control outcomes. Social psychological theory: bobo-doll experiment: aggressive modeling gives way to aggressive child behav- ior. 1. there must be more to it than simply being exposed; we"re exposed to vio- lence every day but not all of us are violent. 1. anti-social personality disorder: measured by a personality checklist.
