The Likelihood a Person Will Be Arrested for a Street

question 59

Multiple Choice

The likelihood a person will be arrested for a street crime rises sharply

• A)during the late teenage years.
• B)in the late twenties.
• C)during the middle thirties.
• D)over age forty.

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Definitions:

Reinforcement

In psychology, a concept in operant conditioning where a behavior is strengthened or increased by following it with a positive stimulus or the removal of a negative one.

Social Learning

The theory that people learn new behaviors, attitudes, and values from observing others.

Attentional Processes

Mechanisms by which individuals selectively concentrate on certain information while ignoring other stimuli, important for cognitive functioning.

Modeling

The process of learning behaviors, attitudes, and emotional reactions through observing and imitating others, a concept emphasized in social learning theory.