Learning theories

Operant learning theory is the work of which psychologist?

• Eysenck

• Skinner

• Bandura

• Watson

____________ argues the cause of someone's behaviour lies in reinforcements and punishments

• Behaviourism

• Humanism

• Psychoticism

• Cognitivism

Behaviourism can be used to explain criminal behaviour

• True

• False

Who applied Skinner's theory to crime, in his 'Differential reinforcement theory'?

• Bandura

• Jeffery

• Sutherland

• Kohlberg

Which of the following could be a reward for committing crime? (Select 2)

• Financial (money)

• Prison sentence

• The respect of peers

If we want to explain someone's offending, we need to look at the balance of rewards and ___________ for the particular individual.

Bandura's theory is called ________________

• Cognitive theory

• Differential association theory

• Social Learning Theory

• Differential enforcement theory

The likelihood of imitating behaviour is increased by watching the behaviour and its consequences be reinforced by someone else, this is called:

• Social Learning Theory

• Modeling

• Vicarious reinforcement

• Vicarious punishment

Are we more or less likely to imitate someone with a higher status?

• More

• Less

Sutherland's differential association theory argued individuals learn criminal behaviour in family/peer groups and is the result of which two factors?

• observation & imitation

• extraverts & neurotics

• conditioning & genetic inheritance

• imitation & learned atittudes