Unit 2 Individualistic theories AC2.2 Flashcards
Includes Social learning theoy, Psychodynamic theories and Psychological
what is the first individualistic theory and who is it by
Social learning theory
Bandura
what is the main idea behind Banduras social learning theory
believed that the thoery missed out elements of observational learning
criminals observe criminal acts, encode and then imitate them
what is observational learning
children exposed to different role models
observing behaviour is encoded (learned) then imitated
what type of reinforcement is it that involved praise and reward for doing something good
direct reinforcement
what is vicarious reinforcements
secondary-watching someone else getting a reward means you are more likely to want one (same for punishment)
what is Banduras view on role models
tend to be:
similar in gender, race, age
similar in circumstance- socio-economic
role models and behaviour can be viewed as gender appropriate
vicarious reinforcement from role models encourages you by seeing others recieve positive consequences from them
Summarise Banduras The bobo doll study
main idea: how far observations impact actions - aggreasion
children ages 3-5 placed in a room with an adult, adult showed violence towards the doll, then left the room and waited to see if the child would imitate
(also tested the role models as being cartoon characters on TV)
what where the findings of the bobo doll study - Bandura
children would imitate both role models whether if angry or calm behaviour was shown
closest imitations was when they were the same gender
girls and boys were equally verbally aggressive-boys more physically aggressive
what are some evaluation points for Banduras study
there was no punishment in the room so there was no fear of punishment from the children
big educational gap between 3-5
hugely unethical - forcing kids to be angry
can not generalise onto all criminals
using a toy - people act differently with toys then people
what is the main weakness from Banduras study and what is the alterative process
its not just enough to do it once and expect children to immediately imitate
alterative process: Mediational Processes
what are Mediational Processes
Attention - paying attention to models behaviour
Retention - encode and recall needs to be placed into long term memory
Production - must feel capable of reproducing the behaviour
Motavition - if not motivated by reward, unlikely to copy behaviour
what was Freuds main idea
Personality has driving forces causing us to act in a certain way - urges, feelings and confilcts within unconscious mind
Criminal behaviour = failure to resolve inner confilcts in a socially active way
Behaviour as an adult = direct cause from childhood experiances
what kind of throughts are kept in the unconscious mind according to Freud
Most thoughts
Deviant and sexual desires
what are the 3 sections that unconscious mind is split into
ID, Ego, Superego
what is the ID
‘Pleasure principle’
100% unconscious
Immedite gratifcation
Avoid pain/seek plesuare
The only one primarily at birth
what is the Superego
Mostly Unconscious
Moral principles
Your conscience
Give into ID = Superego makes us feel guilty
Nobody chosses to have Superego - in the first 5 years the Superego is forced on you by family
what is the Ego
Mostly conscience
Reality principle
Balances ID and Superego in realilty - delayed gratifaction
what is the ‘psyche’
Personality
Blend with all 3 elements
First 5 years if effected = you will not have a balanced ‘psyche’
Childhood experiances determine ‘psyche’ (personality)