Criminal Psychology Flashcards
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Operant Conditioning
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Learning from the consequences of actions
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Positive reinforement
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Receiving something pleasant so we repeat it
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Negative reinforcement
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The avoidance of something unpleasant, so we do it again
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Positive punishment
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receiving something umplesant for a behaviour, so we do not do it again
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Negative punishmet
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Removing something pleasant so we do not repeat the behaviour again
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Primary reinforcer
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Satisfies a biological need
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Secondary reinforcer
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No survival value, but have learnt to associate with a primary reinforcer
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Social learning theory
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Behaviour is learned through the observation through the observation and imitation of role models.
