Psychology For CJ officals/ Exam 2/ Childs/ Troy University

Assumption of classical conditioning

Assumption of classical conditioning

the human being is an automaton and acts in a monotonous, routine manner without active intelligence.

Deindividuation

A process by which individuals feel they cannot be identified, primarily because they are disguised or are subsumed within a group

Akors Differential association reinforcement theory

people learn to commit deviant acts through interpersonal interactions with their social environment

Fundamental attribution error

tendency to underestimate the importance of situational

According to Berkowitz, in order for frustration to occur, the person must what?

Hope for goal attainment

Southerlands differential association theory

criminal behavior is primarily due to obtaining values or messages from others, including but not limited to those who engage in crime

Crimes of obedience

·legal acts that are committed under the order of someone in authority

Situationism

environmental stimuli controls behavior

What is the conclusion of zimbardos Stanford prison experiment?

human will conform to social roles others expect them to play

Positive reinforcement

gaining something; reward

Berkowits two criminal personality classifications

Socialized offender and individual offender

Primary goal of hostile aggression

make victim suffer

who proposed frustration aggression hypothesis?

Berkowitz

self-serving bias

tendency to attribute positive things that happen to us to our own abilities and personalities and to attribute negative events to an outside cause and beyond our control

how do violent youth typically define problems?

hostile ways, adopt hostile goals, seek less confirmatory information, generate fewer alternative solutions, anticipate fewer consequences for aggressive solutions, and choose less effective solutions

overt aggression has a high level of what?

violence

Behaviorism is to environmental stimuli as social learning is to what?

social stimuli

Moral disengagement declines with age which is also associated with a decline in what?

deindividuation

What is appropriate modeling?

purposely changing a behavior in order to improve your mindset and achieve your goals

What is the contingent affect?

copying stuff from the media

Reactive aggression

aggression in response to frustration of perceived threat or provocation

Hostile attribution bias

youth and adults are prone towards violence are more likely to interpret ambiguous actions as hostile and threatening than their less aggressive counterparts

What type of behavior patterns are part of the cognitive scripts model?

aggression in everyday routine

Are cognitive scripts resistant to change?

yes

What are the three categories of the I3 theory?

instigating triggers, impelling forces, inhibiting forces

Rumination

The focused attention on one’s own thoughts and feelings that, if excessive, can lead to aggression against others

What is evolutionary psychology

study of the evolution of behavior using principles of natural selection

Territoriality

The tendency to attack violators of one’s personal space

High levels of arousal have what impact on aggressive behavior?

negative

What was skinners most effective way to eliminate behavior?

eliminate environmental stimuli

Who was the father of behaviorism?

Watson

Punishment

an event when a person receives painful stimuli as a consequence of behavior

Is aggressive behavior always criminal?

no

Hostile attribution bias is more common in boys or girls?

boys

Is all violent behavior aggressive behavior?

yes

Is bullying an example of reactive aggression?

yes

What is another name for contagion effect?

copy cat

Do extremely high levels of arousal mitigate aggressive behavior?

yes

In order to fully understand criminal behavior, its important to regard all individuals as what type of participate?

active

Self serving bias

A tendency to attribute positive things that happen to us to our abilities and personalities, and to attribute negative events to some cause outside ourselves or beyond our control