The social theory that is going to be applied to Dennis Ferguson’s case is the social learning theory that consists of three categories and from that the first stage is acquisition that can be applied to this particular case. This is direct experience of a situation and observational learning. This can especially relate to the people he had interacted with. For example in his early stages of life, the male role model was his stepfather. The same sex role modeling can be an example of the actions being intimidated. The sexual assault that Dennis was exposure to, can related affect his learning ability and what is meant to be normal in society. Dennis’s interaction with his male-lover and sexual predator, Alexandria George Brookes could have
