Briefly Summarize the Three Approaches to Making Criminological Theories More

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Essay

Briefly summarize the three approaches to making criminological theories more accessible, inte?grated, and accountable.

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Definitions:

Extinction

The diminishing of a conditioned response; occurs in classical conditioning when an unconditioned stimulus (US) does not follow a conditioned stimulus (CS).

Discrimination

Unfair or prejudicial treatment of people based on differences such as race, gender, age, or sexual orientation.

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that was neutral at first but becomes associated with an unconditioned stimulus to trigger a conditioned response after conditioning.

Generalization

A process in learning where the response is to spread from one specific stimulus to other stimuli that resemble the original.