Learning theory
Learning from the consequences of actions
What is operant conditioning?
Role model
What is a person whom we admire or with whom we share similar characteristics known as?
Twins developed from two different eggs fertilised during the same pregnancy
What are dizygotic twins?
A program designed to help offenders rather than punishing them
What is rehabilitative in the context of criminality?
A program designed to reward prisoners for prosocial behaviour; prisoners collect tokens that can be exchanged for privileges.
What is a token economy program?
Receiving something pleasant for behaviour so we repeat it
What is positive reinforcement?
The process of learning a new behaviour through paying attention to retaining and reproducing the behaviour of a role model
What is modelling?
The nature someone is born with which affects their behaviour
What is temperament?
Custody
Which word describes a prison sentence?
Secondary reinforcers
What type of reinforcer is a token?
Receiving something unpleasant for a behaviour so we do not do it again
What is positive punishment?
Retention
What is the ability to store or retain behaviour in memory known as?
Monozygotic twins
What are twins developed from one fertilised egg that is split into two known as?
Curfew
What word describes a type of punishment for criminal behaviour in which the offender must be at home at certain times?
A person who is characterised by a lack of guilt and emotion, antisocial behaviour, and selfishness
What is a psychopath?
Removing something pleasant so we do not repeat the behaviour again
What is negative punishment?
Identification
What is the process of adopting the behavior, beliefs, and values of a role model or group known as?
A personality trait associated with being overreactive in stressful situations over emotional and anxious.
What is unstable neuroticism?
When a victim and an offender meet. It is a process used to help a victim recover and make an offender understand the impact of their crime.
What is restorative justice?
A form of cognitive behavioural treatment for violent offenders
What is anger management?
Secondary reinforcer
What is a reinforcer of no survival value, but we have learnt to associate it with a primary reinforcer?
The motivation to model the behaviours of others who we see being rewarded for their behaviour
What is vicarious reinforcement?
Psychotic
What is the personality trait that is cold lacks empathy is antisocial and can be aggressive known as?
85%
What, according to government research, is the victim satisfaction rate with restorative justice?
The three stages of anger management programs
What is cognitive preparation, skills acquisition, and application practice?