Theories Of Criminology: The Learning Theory

Theories of Criminology: The Learning Theory Learning is a lifelong process, you always learn something new every day. The theory I agree the most with is the Learning Theory because of this. I believe that this theory is very helpful with crime and investigation because it explains people’s behavior and why they react a certain way in different situations than how others do. There are three basic principles of the learning theory; behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism. Each person has their own unique view of knowledge processing. Out of the three basic principles the first one is behaviorism. Learning is defined by behaviorism as it can influence an individual’s mind that can cause permanent change. It is learning that takes place …show more content…
Learning theorists have had many arguments on how people learn going all the way back to the Greek philosophers, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. The arguments that have happened through the past still occur today in many different ways about the reasons of education and about how learning can be encouraged by teachers or role models. For learning, the most effective strategies depend on the type of learning is preferred by the person. The learning theory is a theory that tries to explain a community and its effects on the development to it. This theory takes a look at the learning process of an individual, how they are formed to be who they are, and how the society influences the way individuals socialize with each other. Attitudes and behaviors are developed in response to encouragement and support from those around us. Social learning theorists discovered that childhood experience is critical for learning. Individuals learn their skills from experiences that tend to revolve around social interactions in their mind, whether they choose to or not. This can happen through experiences which are able to lead to a permanent change of knowledge or behavior in an individual. They also come to believe that people’s identity are formed mostly by behaviors and attitudes of …show more content…
It teaches how to see things in other people’s perspective and discover how people learn from others and how they are easily influenced by the people they look up to. According to the learning theory, people get involved in crime because of their relationship with others who engage in crime. They essentially have criminal models that they associate with. As a consequence, these individuals come to see crime as something that is desirable, or at least justifiable in certain situations. Learning criminal or deviant behavior is the same as learning to engage in conforming behavior; it is done through association with or exposure to