Student Study Guide for Ronald L. Akers and Christine S. Sellers’ Criminological Theories: Introduction‚ Evaluation‚ and Applications Fourth Edition Prepared by Eric See Youngstown State University Roxbury Publishing Company Los Angeles‚ California 1 Student Study Guide by Eric See for Criminological Theories: Introduction‚ Evaluation‚ and Application ‚ 4th Edition by Ronald L. Akers and Christine S. Sellers Copyright © 2004 Roxbury Publishing Company‚ Los Angeles‚ California
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Cultivation Theory: Reality Versus Fiction Cultivation theory is a social theory‚ which examines the long-term effects of television on American audiences of all ages. Developed by George Gerbner and Larry Gross of the University of Pennsylvania was the Cultural Indicator project‚ which was used to identify and track the ’cultivated ’ effects of television on viewers. At a very basic level‚ cultivation theory focuses on the role of the media in shaping how people perceive their
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avoidance of sexual behaviors. Increasing the intensity of the aversive event will enhance conditioning in the passive avoidance situation and produce higher levels of avoidance conditioning (Klein‚ 2002). Developmental theorist Kohlberg and others (e.g.‚ Rest‚ Turiel‚ & Kohlberg‚ 1969)‚ have suggested that a person may become fixated at a specific stage of moral development and cause that individual to avoid certain kinds of conflict-producing situations. This may result in retardation of development
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“The road to hell is paved with good intentions”-Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. This quote embodies the idea that even with good intentions a person can be to blame for a horrible happening of events. The play Romeo and Juliet sets a scene that is used to express this idea by using a character named Friar Laurence whose intentions are only for the good of both the romantic couple and the feuding families. In this play Friar Laurence creates a plan to satisfy both the wants of Romeo and Juliet and his
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The relationship between Friar Laurence and Romeo and Juliet lead the two to an untimely death . Friar Laurence is a priest in Romeo and Juliet’s holy church and a mentor to both Romeo and Juliet. When Romeo is swayed to go to the Capulet party he finds an unexpected love that brings him to the Friar’s cell wanting to get married. The holy man that the friar was said to the blinded Romeo‚ “young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts‚ but in their eyes.” ( Act II‚ Scene III‚ Lines 71-72)
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Most people are aware of the tragic story of Romeo and Juliet. Many characters in the play had something to do with the end result of the deaths of Romeo and Juliet‚ and the end to one of the most famous love stories ever written. However‚ did one character contribute to their deaths more than the others? If so‚ which character’s actions affected Romeo and Juliet’s deaths the most? Friar Laurence had the biggest impact on the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence was the one that married Romeo
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A Brief summary on "Why the Novel Matters" This essay is an attempt of making people try to understand life as a succession of bad and good feelings‚sensations ‚concepts‚ ideas‚ beliefs... The writer establishes the elements of his literary genre as if he would describing the parts of his body- the novel is alive and “whatever is me alive is me”. In a fantastic way‚ D.W.Lawrence shows his experience as a man and as a novelist‚ using great comparisions between people from different
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Routine Activity Theory (a.k.a R.A.T.) is a criminological theory of victimization that shares similarities with rational choice theories. This similarity is because of R.A.T.’s three main assumptions: that all people are rational‚ intelligent‚ and act in their own self interest. Originally this theory was created by Lawrence Cohen and Marcus Felson in 1979‚ but also has some inspiration from Hindelang’s work on the study of routine daily activities in 1978. Hindelang argued that specific lifestyle
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Attribution theory is the study of various models that attempt to explain those processes.[1] Psychological research into attribution began with the work of Fritz Heider in the early part of the 20th century‚ subsequently developed by others such as Harold Kelley and Bernard Weiner. Contents 1 Background 2 Types 2.1 Explanatory attribution 2.2 Interpersonal attribution 3 Theories 3.1 Common sense psychology 3.2 Correspondent inference theory
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exceptionally renown? From the outset‚ Lawrence introduces the story’s conflict—financial need and emotional emptiness. Dedicating much of the first few paragraphs of the piece to intricately describing the psychological‚ structural and social problems that this issue creates‚ Lawrence creates an environment that makes it simple to introduce the idea of relying on luck as a final prayer of desperation. Despite the simplistic language used to narrate the piece‚ Lawrence introduces a number of genuine
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