Learning Flashcards
1
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cultural deviance models - Downes and Rock
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claimed that Merton’s Strain is the “big bang” theory
CRIME IS A RESULT OF SOCIALIZATION
2
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Sutherland and Cressey
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- criminal behaviour = learned
- criminal behaviours learned through communication
- principle teachers of crime are intimate/personal groups
- learning consists of… a) technique of committing, b) specific directions of motives/rationalizations
- legal codes and what is (un)favourable
- MOST delinquency is caused by excessive definitions of a law violation
7. differential association varies in frequency, duration, priority and intensity - same principles as any other type of learning
- deviance is NOT explained by needs/values - we all have them
3
Q
Matza’s idea
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subculture of delinquency is not a deviant subculture - it is a fact of life
4
Q
Kornhauser’s criticism of learning theory
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- assumes people have no nature
- assumes socialization is perfect and complete
- sub/cultural variability is limitless
5
Q
punishment strategies
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imitative control: big brothers/sisters
group unlearning: AA
operant psychology: modification techniques
aversion therapy: shock therapy, succinylcholine (suppression of breathing)
6
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problems within learning theory (pretty much the same as Kornhauser)
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deterministic learning
neglects to acknowledge nature/disposition of people
HOW exactly do we learn???
limitless subcultures