According to Social Disorganization Theory, One of the Factors That

question 46

Multiple Choice

According to social disorganization theory, one of the factors that leads to crimes in high-crime neighborhoods is:

• A) a mandate to finish high school.
• B) the absence of anomie .
• C) concentrations of two-parent families.
• D) chronic unemployment.

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Definitions:

Variable-Ratio Schedule

A reinforcement schedule in which a response is rewarded after an unpredictable number of responses, making it highly effective for maintaining consistent behavior.

Shaping

A method of teaching new behaviors by rewarding closer and closer approximations of the desired behavior until the target behavior is achieved.

Operant Conditioning

A conditioning technique that aims to modify behavior magnitude by employing reinforcement strategies or punishment tactics.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.