Exam 8: Social Process and Learning Theories of Crime

______ refers to moving in and out of criminally delinquent behavior.

According to Gottfredson and Hirschi, bad genes is the main cause of low-self control.

Per the case study of Jesse Pomeroy, Jesse learned criminal behavior from experiencing his father's physical abuse and later became violent himself.This illustrates ______.

'They can afford it!' is an example of ______ according to Sykes and Matza's neutralization theory.

______ is when behavior is weakened or discouraged through adverse stimuli.

As a child, Sally did not develop strong attachments with others.Billy did develop strong attachments to others when he was a child.Both Billy and Sally are involved in school sports and clubs.Who is least likely to behave inappropriately?

______ bonds caused a person to commit crimes according to Hirschi.

According to Hirschi, social bonds decreases one's chances of criminal behavior.

By denying that anyone was hurt, criminals are able to neutralize illegal behavior.This is called ______.

Social control theories are the same as social learning theories.

______ demonstrated through his experiments that a significant amount of learning takes place without any form of conditioning.

______ theory involves stakes in conformity.

According to low-self control theory, self-control must be established by the age of ______.

______ is not considered a learning theory.

______ introduced differential association theory in the late 1930s.

Sutherland noted that a person becomes delinquent because of an excess of definitions favorable to violation of law over definitions unfavorable to violation of law.

Differential association theory states that learning criminal behavior is the same as learning non-criminal behavior.

______ was famous for his principles of the id, ego and superego.

Skinner believed humans were affected by negative reinforcements.

Bandura argues that the media had little effect on criminal behavior.