What is the major difference between Jeffery's differential reinforcement theory and Akers' social learning theory?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: [key points to be made]
*Jeffery felt that material satisfiers are more important than social reinforcers; primary drive is biological
*For Jeffery, satiation and deprivation added to operant conditioning to explain why a person might be more receptive to certain stimuli at certain times – current condition matters
*For Akers, behavior is learned through operant conditioning, but learning takes place through social context with modeling and imitation
*Akers felt that, although learning can take place in nonsocial situations, social is primary
*Akers argued that group reinforcers influenced by class, culture, subculture, gender, economic status
*Jeffery wanted legal and biological variables included, and felt that someone could commit crime without any type of social approval at all
*For Akers, differential reinforcement is key, as stimuli and contingencies for reinforcement vary across social situations
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