CC210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Social Learning Theory, Personality Development, Reality Principle
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A common criticism of freudian thinking is its focus on inner drives or conflicts that lead individuals to behave in a particular way. These criticisms influenced the development of another approach to understanding behaviour called. Behaviourism. (focuses on the study of observable processes) Psychodynamic theories focus on the internal psychological forces that influence human behaviour. Learning theories: focus on how information is encoded, processed, and retained in the process of learning to become a criminal. Social learning theories: learning that takes place by observing others being reinforced or punished for prosocial or antisocial behaviour. Theories of crime can help us to organize complex ideas, establish hypotheses to test and lead to research findings that benefit society. A theory might aid a researcher in identifying important risk factors and allow a researcher to understand why an intervention worked or how one could be improved.
