CRIM 104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Social Learning Theory, Differential Association, Operant Conditioning
23 Sep 2016
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Operant conditioning states that behaviors are learned as a consequence of exposure to positive and negative stimuli or reinforces. Called operant conditioning since the individual operates on his environment and/or on other people. Central idea of operant conditioning is that behavior can be modified. If the behavior no longer produces the desired stimuli, then the behavior will become extinct. Burgess and akers restate sutherland"s propositions regarding how behavior is learned. Rather than simply saying that criminal behavior is learned, they say it is learned in accordance with the principles of operant conditioning. Over the years, akers took ownership of differential association reinforcement theory, which became known as social learning theory. Akers moved away from skinner"s operant conditioning and aligned himself closely with bandura"s work on imitation and modeling behavior. Shaping or response differentiation: differential reinforcement may also alter the form of response. Pattern or schedule of reinforcement is as important as the amount of reinforcement.
