What is Social Learning Theory? Simply put, it is when people learn by watching other people’s positive behavior and imitating that behavior. In cases when the behavior is negative such as stealing, people are likely not to follow suit. Ron Akers is largely credited for advancing Social Learning Theory to the place it is today. With the help of other related research, he simplified his theory by splitting it into four parts. These four parts working together account for Social Learning Theory and they are Imitation, Differential Association, Differential Reinforcement and Definitions. (Fuller, 2012 p.153). Imitation consists of learning by observing someone else’s action. Differential Association suggests that individuals model their own attitudes
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As a result, it is important to have the best people possible on the job to prevent the abuse of power. For instance, many departments now employ a very rigorous selection process, but some police officers still end up unprofessional. This poses a question if bad police behavior is influenced by other police officers? In order to answer that question, Allison T. Chappell and Alex R. Piquero from University of Florida decided to conduct a study to determine if Social Learning Theory applies to police. To determine this they organized study featuring Philadelphia Police. Specifically, the study looked at citizen complaints. The citizen complaints are used to determine police misconduct, police citizen relation and police productivity. (Chappell and Piquero, 2004, p.92) Before conducting the study the objective and hypothesis had to be formed. The objective of the study was to determine how officer attitudes and perceptions regarding certain actions and punishment correlates with citizen complaints. Chappell and Piquero established three main hypothesis. First, the police …show more content…
As humans, we have an urge to belong, socialize and fall into the status quo. This can lead people to buying certain brand of shoes, car, and cigarettes. The social learning theory can explain how people can commit unimaginable acts that they never taught possible. Currently, the nation is in shock after the members of Oklahoma University’s fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon sang a racist chant on the bus. All of the people involved have come out and said they were not racist and do not condone this type of behavior. Most of the people involved are freshman and sophomore year in college. They learned the chant from people with influence and in order to appease them they committed that infamous act. Those things happened involving adults that have impulse control and should have known better. When it comes to juveniles it is a whole different game. Most juveniles are extremely vulnerable to peer pressure. Also, the juveniles cannot make rational choices and think about how the consequences of their actions will affect their future. This study and its findings can be used in many ways. The parents, together with schools officials and social services personnel could use the study findings to keeps kids from succumbing to bad influences of social learning theory. Instead, they can focus on keeping them busy with school work and extracurricular clubs. This will likely lead to parents becoming a role model and someone that the kids
As a result, it is important to have the best people possible on the job to prevent the abuse of power. For instance, many departments now employ a very rigorous selection process, but some police officers still end up unprofessional. This poses a question if bad police behavior is influenced by other police officers? In order to answer that question, Allison T. Chappell and Alex R. Piquero from University of Florida decided to conduct a study to determine if Social Learning Theory applies to police. To determine this they organized study featuring Philadelphia Police. Specifically, the study looked at citizen complaints. The citizen complaints are used to determine police misconduct, police citizen relation and police productivity. (Chappell and Piquero, 2004, p.92) Before conducting the study the objective and hypothesis had to be formed. The objective of the study was to determine how officer attitudes and perceptions regarding certain actions and punishment correlates with citizen complaints. Chappell and Piquero established three main hypothesis. First, the police …show more content…
As humans, we have an urge to belong, socialize and fall into the status quo. This can lead people to buying certain brand of shoes, car, and cigarettes. The social learning theory can explain how people can commit unimaginable acts that they never taught possible. Currently, the nation is in shock after the members of Oklahoma University’s fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon sang a racist chant on the bus. All of the people involved have come out and said they were not racist and do not condone this type of behavior. Most of the people involved are freshman and sophomore year in college. They learned the chant from people with influence and in order to appease them they committed that infamous act. Those things happened involving adults that have impulse control and should have known better. When it comes to juveniles it is a whole different game. Most juveniles are extremely vulnerable to peer pressure. Also, the juveniles cannot make rational choices and think about how the consequences of their actions will affect their future. This study and its findings can be used in many ways. The parents, together with schools officials and social services personnel could use the study findings to keeps kids from succumbing to bad influences of social learning theory. Instead, they can focus on keeping them busy with school work and extracurricular clubs. This will likely lead to parents becoming a role model and someone that the kids