PSYC 164 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Social Learning Theory, Differential Association, List Of Middle-Earth Elves
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Criminal behavior is learned by interacting w/ others. Social class, race, broken homes influence crime bc they affect likelihood that indi will associated w/ others who present def favorable to crime. Criminal behavior is learned but not inherited. Criminal behavior is learned in interaction w/ other person in a process of communication. Principal part of learning of criminal behavior occurs w/in intimate personal groups. Criminal behavior is learned, learning includes techniques of committing crime, specific direction of motives, drives, rationalization. Specific direction of motives and drives is learned from definitions of legal codes. Person becomes delinquent bc of excess definitions of favorable to violation of law over definitions of unfavorable violation of law. Criminal = contact w/ criminal patterns but also not likely to be caught. Differential associations may vary in frequency, duration, priority and intensity. Process of learning criminal behavior by association w/ criminal and anti-criminal patterns.
