PSYC39H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Reductionism, Observational Learning, Classical Conditioning
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Chapter 4: origins of criminal behaviour: learning and situational factors. Classical conditioning- human being is an automaton and acts in monotonous routine manner without active intelligence; involved in acquisition or avoidance of criminal behaviour. Social learning- involves watching others and organizing social experiences; mirror learning. Engaging in criminal behaviour, violent/nonviolent, may a person"s way of adapting or surviving under physically, socially, financially, or psychologically dire conditions. Behaviourism- (j. watson) a psychology of mind is followed by a psychology of action and behaviour, from which psychology of mind and consciousness reemerges; the ultimate goal of psychology was to understand, predict an control human behvaiour. Cognitive processes- mental processes that enable humans to imagine, gain knowledge, to reason and evaluate information. Skninnerian perspective- application of behvaiour modification, behaviour therapy in correctional system. Skinner"s theory of behaviour- environmental/ external stimuli are the primary/sole determinants of all behvaiour. Independent variable (environmental stimuli) = dependent variable (elicited behvaiours)
