Social Learning and Deviant Behavior
A new employee negatively influenced by a sub-culture within the workplace, which the new employee might see themselves on the right or wrong side of the law.Theory is__
Differential Association Theory
Initial research question the author was looking to answer?
Why do individuals do this deviant behavior such as marijuana?
Newcomb's argument was centered around what term when asked about perceptual measure of behavior?
Projection
Gottfredson and Hirschi control theories-Individual A chooses to find college friends of the same interests and religion beliefs. Gottfredson and Hirschi says this is___
Self-selection
Guess the theory?? Person A hangs out with delinquent peers who bullies kids and takes a kid's lunch money. This bullying continued and was never reported. This theory is described as _____ .
Differential association-reinforcement theory
Social behavior is acquired by imitation and ___
Direct conditioning
in order to enjoy smoking, someone must relate the drug to ____________. Without this, there is no point.
Pleasure
How did Gottfredson and Hirschi view perceptual peer delinquency as it relates to self-reported activities?
Delinquent activities is the same as self reporting delinquency.
genetic polymorphism associated with delinquent peer networks?
DAT1
Name one of the four hypotheses in delinquency attracting the social attention of peers article?
1. Increasing delinquency is associated with increased time peers choose spend socializing with perpetrators
2. Increasing time socializing associated with increasing in perpetrator's delinquency.
3. Increases in importance of adolescent attachment with socializing peers associated with increasing perpetrator's delinquency.
4. First three hypothesis are supported by boys than girls.
Theory:A teacher ignores a student who speaks up without raising his hand, but responds to him when he does raise his hand to speak.
Differential Reinforcement
The article argues that if someone cannot get high when they try to smoke, they will:
get discouraged and will see no point in using it.
Discussion of reading-Akers argued social learning theory is theory based on one's what?
One's perception of their peers' delinquency.
specific gene variants influence youth to do what?
Associate with antisocial peers
How was delinquency measured in this study?
Vandalism, petty theft, drunkenness, truancy, and interpersonal aggression.
This theory has three categories of variables--personality, social, and behavioral. Example-drinking beer at age 10 versus drinking beer at age 26. Jessor states this is ___.
Problem-Behavior Theory
someone is only high when they connect their ____________ to the ______________ and view them as ______________.
Symptoms, drug, pleasure
What were the dependent variables and independent variables?
Children receive genotypes correlated with family environment. I am a __ rGE.
Passive
What were the four measures examined in this study?
Delinquency, Time Socializing, Socializing importance, and control variables
The four independent variables
Imitation, Differential Association, Definitions, and differential reinforcement.
Becker questions psychological predisposition theories. Two critical points he made were?
1. Theories based on predisposing psychological traits don't account for group of users and those who do or do not exhibit those traits which considered to cause the behavior.
2. Variability over time of individual's behavior with reference to drug.
I gain attraction based on my unique genotype. My music teacher loves me becomes I am a big music head and gives me most attention. This would be a ____ rGE.
Evocative
For hypothesis four, how did male and female peers act toward delinquency?
Male delinquency attract peers; female delinquent did not attract peers.