Exam 4: Origins of Criminal Behavior: Learning and Situational Factors

Milgram, in his studies, found that _____ of people are willing to shock a victim with high levels of electric shock primarily on the basis of request from an experimenter.

Explain the concept of deindividuation and illustrate by describing any one experiment in social psychology.

Briefly explain Bandura's theory of moral disengagement.

Social learning theorists believe that the _____ of behavior depends on reinforcement.

The September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon is an example of a frustration-induced riot.

The internal processes we generally refer to as thinking and remembering are called _____ by social learning theorists.

According to differential association-reinforcement theory, signals that communicate that certain behaviors are encouraged and reinforced are:

Akers' differential association reinforcement theory is based largely on the criminological theory of:

Studies conducted by Stanley Milgram and Philip Zimbardo both found that one's situation strongly influences behavior.

According to Berkowitz, in order for frustration to occur, the person must have:

If Bandura's position is essentially correct, then aggressive and violent behavior can be substantially reduced by:

Skinner argued that the most effective way to eliminate behavior was through extinction.

According to Sutherland's theory of differential association:

Describe and discuss the situational factors that can influence criminal behavior. In addition to those mentioned in this Chapter, what others might be identified?

According to Akers' theory, groups tend to adopt certain rules of conduct concerning what is bad, right or wrong, justified or unjustified. These group attitudes are called:

The process whereby people lose their identities and feel less responsible in a crowd is called:

Compare and contrast the behaviorism promoted by B.F. Skinner with the modern behaviorism promoted by Albert Bandura.

Acts performed in response to orders from authority considered illegal or immoral by the larger community are called:

Behaviorism is to _____ as social learning is to _____.

Under the frustration-induced theory of criminality, individuals who commit larceny during riots are motivated by revenge.