What Are Parental Responsibility Laws? What Was the Initial Rationale

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Essay

What are parental responsibility laws? What was the initial rationale for parental responsibility laws? Do you believe that it is constitutional to hold parents liable for the criminal acts of their children? Should parents be held liable for providing alcohols to minors? Why or why not? Use examples from your readings to support your answer.

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Definitions:

Bobo Doll Studies

A series of experiments conducted by Albert Bandura that demonstrated that children could learn aggressive behaviors through the observation of adult models.

Aggressive

Behavior characterized by assertiveness, hostility, and possibly harm towards others, stemming from various motivational or environmental factors.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, coined by B.F. Skinner.

Modeling

is the process of learning behavior by observing and imitating others, especially those considered as role models.