Social Learning Theory And Juvenile Delinquency
Running Head: SOCIAL LEARNING
Social Learning Theories and its Effect on Juvenile Delinquency
Bryan Johnson
University Online
CJUS XXXX-XXX – Juvenile Justice
Instructor James Dean
December 10, 2012
SOCIAL LEARNING 1
Abstract
This paper briefly explores the Social Learning Theory and its effect on juvenile delinquency. The paper opens with a brief history of the Social Learning Theory and then goes on to discuss the concepts that are at its core. The paper then merges with a discussion on both actual violence and media violence and how …show more content…
(Cherry, 2012). The key element that other theories lacked at the time was the social element. Bandura argued that individuals can learn new behaviors by observing other people which is also known as observational learning. (Cherry, 2012). Albert Bandura stated that, "Learning would be exceedingly laborious, not to mention hazardous, if people had to rely solely on the effects of their own actions to inform them what to do. Fortunately, most human behavior is learned observationally through modeling: from observing others one forms an idea of how new behaviors are performed, and on later occasions this coded information serves as a guide for action." …show more content…
The Social Learning Theory states that all people are born in to the world good, but through life experiences and their associations with others, learn to become delinquent. One of the main avenues of experience that we see today is the media. Youth spend countless hours in front of the television watching shows, movies, and playing video games. The all of the media outlets portray violence and aggression on a regular basis. In 1978, Maurice Temple Smith published findings in a report called “Sex, Violence and the Media,” that stated that the average home in both the United States and in the United Kingdom watched an average of 40 hours of television per week. The report stated that with the escalation of both violence and sexual content in the media, we as a society are traveling down a dangerous path and urged the media to have execute more social responsibility and refrain from airing harmful content. The report also stated that violence that is viewed increases viewer aggressiveness and can evoke violence and sexual deviance. (Smith, Maurice Temple Ltd,
Social Learning Theories and its Effect on Juvenile Delinquency
Bryan Johnson
University Online
CJUS XXXX-XXX – Juvenile Justice
Instructor James Dean
December 10, 2012
SOCIAL LEARNING 1
Abstract
This paper briefly explores the Social Learning Theory and its effect on juvenile delinquency. The paper opens with a brief history of the Social Learning Theory and then goes on to discuss the concepts that are at its core. The paper then merges with a discussion on both actual violence and media violence and how …show more content…
(Cherry, 2012). The key element that other theories lacked at the time was the social element. Bandura argued that individuals can learn new behaviors by observing other people which is also known as observational learning. (Cherry, 2012). Albert Bandura stated that, "Learning would be exceedingly laborious, not to mention hazardous, if people had to rely solely on the effects of their own actions to inform them what to do. Fortunately, most human behavior is learned observationally through modeling: from observing others one forms an idea of how new behaviors are performed, and on later occasions this coded information serves as a guide for action." …show more content…
The Social Learning Theory states that all people are born in to the world good, but through life experiences and their associations with others, learn to become delinquent. One of the main avenues of experience that we see today is the media. Youth spend countless hours in front of the television watching shows, movies, and playing video games. The all of the media outlets portray violence and aggression on a regular basis. In 1978, Maurice Temple Smith published findings in a report called “Sex, Violence and the Media,” that stated that the average home in both the United States and in the United Kingdom watched an average of 40 hours of television per week. The report stated that with the escalation of both violence and sexual content in the media, we as a society are traveling down a dangerous path and urged the media to have execute more social responsibility and refrain from airing harmful content. The report also stated that violence that is viewed increases viewer aggressiveness and can evoke violence and sexual deviance. (Smith, Maurice Temple Ltd,