CRM/LAW C107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Scapegoating, Social Learning Theory, Operant Conditioning
8 May 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Allport’s 9 Steps to Hate Crime
1. Negative Stereotype
2. Scapegoating
3. History of discrimination
4. Economic/political strain
5. Frustration/helplessness
6. Some affiliate with groups (KKK, etc.)
7. Groups encourage violence
9 Steps Continued:
Step 8: Incident occurs (or is imagined), trigger
Step 9: Individuals join together to target victims with violence
Social Learning Theory
Bandura’s Bobo Doll Experiment
● Aggressive response to violent video
3 Ways Individuals Learn Through Association
1. Classical Conditioning
2. Operant Conditioning (rewards/punishment)
3. Behaviorist School (expectations)
Authoritarian Personality: defers to conventionalism due to rigid arrogant upbringing
● Leading to an “us vs. them” mentality
● Adorno, et al., 1950
Evidence of Social Learning Theory
● Simi & Futrell Study
Realistic Group Conflict Theory
● Conditions that lead to conflict and prejudice
● Competition over finite resources
Seven Stages of Hate Model
The Haters:
1. Gather
2. Define the group
3. Disparate the target
4. Taunt the target
5. Attack the target without weapons
6. Attack the target with weapons
7. Destroy the target
Dunbar, UCLA
find more resources at oneclass.com
find more resources at oneclass.com
Document Summary
Allport"s 9 steps to hate crime: negative stereotype, scapegoating, history of discrimination, economic/political strain, frustration/helplessness, some affiliate with groups (kkk, etc. , groups encourage violence. Step 8: incident occurs (or is imagined), trigger. Step 9: individuals join together to target victims with violence. 3 ways individuals learn through association: classical conditioning, operant conditioning (rewards/punishment, behaviorist school (expectations) Authoritarian personality: defers to conventionalism due to rigid arrogant upbringing. Leading to an us vs. them mentality. Conditions that lead to conflict and prejudice. The haters: gather, define the group, disparate the target, taunt the target, attack the target without weapons, attack the target with weapons, destroy the target. Examining motivation, childhood histories and levels of pathology. Perpetrators do have: high levels of aggression and antisocial behavior, histories of abuse. Unlocked homes, expensive cars, easily transportable goods. Routine activities & hate crimes: motivated offender, suitable target, absence of a capable guardian. Four elements of social bond theory: attachment (strongest, commitment, involvement (weakest, belief.
