CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR:SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY Flashcards
WHAT DOES THE THEORY STATE?
-THAT CRIMINAL/ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR IS LEARNT
1. GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF IDENTIFICATION
( WANTING TO BE LIKE ROLE MODELS WE ADMIRE)E.G PARENTS,PEERS,MEDIA FIGURES
2.WE PAY ATTENTION THEN TRY AND IMITATE THEM ESPECIALLY IF THEIR BEHAVIOUR HAS POSITVE OUTCOMES
3.WHEN WE SEE THEM BE REWARDED WE GO THROUGH VICARIOUS REINFORCEMENT IN THE HOPES THAT WE WILL ALSO BE REWARDED
4.THEN WE REPEAT THE ACT AND ARE THROUGH DIRECT REINFORCEMENT IN WHICH WE ARE REWARDED
5. THIS THEN BECAMES A PART OF US AS IT SO WELL LEARNED THROUGH INTERNALISATION.
6. RESULTING IN US BECOMING AN ESTABLISHED CRIMINAL.
DOES IT SUPPORT NATURE OR NURTURE?
IT SUPPORT NURTURE AS IT SUGGEST CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR IS LEARNT.
WHAT IS A ROLE-MODEL?
A PESRON WHO WE ADMIRE AND THEREFORE IMITATE.
WHAT IS VICARIOUS REINFORCEMENT?
A BEHAVIOUR IS IMITATED BECAUSE IT IS SEEN TO BE REWARDED.
WHAT IS DIRECT REINFROCEMENT?
A BEHAVIOUR IS REPEATED BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN REWARDED.
WHAT IS INTERNALISATION?
WHEN A BEHAVIOUR IS SO WELL LEARNTR THAT WE WILL DO IT WHETHER WE ARE REWARDED OR PUNISHED.
STATE A KEY CRITICSIM OF THE THEORY?
FOCUSES TOO MUCH ON NURTURE THAN NATURE AS IT SUGGEST THAT BEHAVIOUR IS LEARNT AND THEREFORE CAN BE UNLEARNT BUT IT COULD BE SOMETHING MORE INNATE.
