Social Learning Theory

Question 1

What do Social Factors Do

Answer 1

Shape People’s behavior

Question 2

Social Learning theory suggested by who

Answer 2

Bandura 1960

Question 3

SLT developed by who

Answer 3

Akers and Burgess 1966

Question 4

Process of social learning

Answer 4

Observe > attention > Retain > Reproduction

Question 5

How is serial killing learned through SLT

Answer 5

observation, reinforcement of award and repetition of instructions

Question 6

What does SLT do to individuals to carry out these serial killings

Answer 6

Dehumanize people and lack of empathy

Question 7

Study example of using SLT in serial killing

Answer 7

Grossman 1966

Question 8

Grossman 1966

Answer 8

Japanese army trained for WW2. Killings were reinforced by associating those who cheered on the killings with good meals. thus, pleasure was associated with death and suffering

Question 9

Limitation of serial killing SLT

Answer 9

Does not account for individual and biological differences, also does not consider thought processes

Question 10

SLT in Michael Ross’s case

Answer 10

Animal Cruelty through killing chickens his mum demanded. At first he was hesitant but then became pleasurable. This allowed him to dehumanize the chickens and become desensitized.

Question 11

Process that made it easier for Michael Ross to kill the chickens

Answer 11

Repetition through performing the act again, instructions from his mother - it became reinforced. He also used the same technique to kill his victims.

Question 12

Graduation Hypothesis

Answer 12

Killings went from killing animals to killing humans as this progressed.

Question 13

Who suggested the graduation hypothesis

Answer 13

Wright and Hensley (2003)

Question 14

Animal Cruelty supports what Triad?

Answer 14

McDonald Triad: bedwetting, animal cruelty and firesetting are characteristics that are likely to predict future killings

Question 15

Merz Perezetal (2001)

Answer 15

Interviewed 45 violent and non-violent offenders. Violent offenders were more likely to have been cruel to animals as children than non-violent. They also used the same killing method.

Question 16

Study to show how animal cruelty can contribute to future serial killings

Answer 16

Merz-Perezetal (2001)

Question 17

Limitation of Animal Cruelty

Answer 17

Based off childhood, remembering and relying on memory. Cultural norms in family is not considered what may be seen as cruel or not. Social Desirability effects too. Not everyone who is cruel to animals is more likely to go on to kill

Question 18

Another Killer other than Michael Ross who was cruel to animals?

Answer 18

Jeffery Dahmer

Question 19

Jeffery Dahmer

Answer 19

Saw his dad carrying bones of dead animals and began doing the same. He removed skin of animals which he did the same to when killing animals.

Question 20

Another way of social learning

Answer 20

Copycat effect through media, movies, and news. May be method or pilgrimage. Reproduce the killings. (Langman, 2018)

Question 21

Who suggested copycat

Answer 21

Langman 2018

Question 22

Example of copycat killer

Answer 22

Mark Twitchell watched Dexter who is a serial killer that kills serial killers. He attempted to re-enact his killings through posing as a woman on a dating site and trapping two men. He managed to kill one but not the other.

Question 23

Serial Killer from the military

Answer 23

Jeffery Dahmer

Question 24

Imitation Serial Killer

Answer 24

Can be reinforces and learned such as Jefferey Dahmer from his dad

Question 25

Expectancy

Answer 25

Social learning allows learning of expectancy in future experiences such as learning pleasure through killings which is built on social scripts

Question 26

What is pleasure with killing an example of

Answer 26

Classical conditioning

Question 27

Castle and Hensley 2002

Answer 27

7% of serial killers among 354 were in the military

Question 28

Another military study

Answer 28

Castle and Hensely 2002