Deviant Behaviour

By: Michelle Lee, Romy Zack, Stephen Lai, Lawrence Lau and Amy Choi Deviant Behaviour York Mills Collegiate Insitute January, 6 2010

Media Violence Cited As ‘Critical Risk Factor’ For Aggression Paul Boxer Research on serious youth violence and criminal behavior “ Adolescents who were not exposed to violent media are not as prone to violence” Interviewed 430 high school students and 390 juvenile delinquents Concludes - Young children imitate behaviors of their surroundings. Rutgers University (2008, November 20). Media violence Cited As ‘Critical Risk Factor’ For Aggression.ScienceDaily.Retrieved November 4,2009, from ,http:www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081119122632.htm> Michelle Lee

Connections to Unit/Topic • Sociology • Deviant Behaviour • Environmental Influences • Violence on T.V. • Bullying • Personal Interview Michelle Lee

Worthy to be in a textbook Aggressive behaviours Co-investigator of CDC Grant Environmental Influences and Children Development Part of Federal funded Research Michelle Lee

Peer Groups, Families, and School Failure among Urban Children: Elements of Risks • living in distressed urban communities put them at greater risks for deviant behaviour • family and peers have the most influence on urban children • urban parents face greater challenges, fewer resources than other societies • bad influence may cause children to drug use, school failure, and delinquency Henry, D.B. (2000). Peer groups, families, and school failure among urban children: elements of risks and successful interventions. Preventing School Failure. Retrieved from October 28, 2009, from http://elibrary.bigchalk.com Lawrence Lau

Connections to Unit/Topic • Erickson’s Psychosocial • Sociology • Phenomenology/Live Story • Historical Research • Psychology Lawrence Lau

Study offers profile of youth violence; Father’s absence one ‘root cause’ • Family breakdown was a real root cause for why some children grew up to become dangerous • 72% of young offenders did not have fathers • Schools where use of drugs were pervasive contribute to violence • 55% of homes had a firearm in an unlocked place • 7th grade boys with low grades involved in stealing/ breaking rules Wetzstein, Cheryl. “Study offers profile of youth violence; Father’s absence one ‘toot cause;. Washinton Times. 19 April 2000.2.ed.A2 Stephen Lai

Connections to Unit/Topic • Nature VS Nurture • Media • Social Groups • Interviews • Statistics Stephen Lai

Violence, Alcohol and Aggression. Summary: Scientist and non-scientists believe alcohol use enables violent and hostile behavior. Alcohol can promote violence by disrupting normal brain function and weakening brain mechanisms that normally restrain impulsive behavior, impaired information processing, and narrowing attention. Researchers conducted experiment involving responses electric shocks while sober and intoxicated; subjects unaware that responses in both states being stimulated by computer, demonstrated increased aggressiveness while intoxicated. Thought that aggression and alcohol consumption also biological Serotonin chemical messenger in the brain, function as behavioral inhibitor. Decreased serotonin activity associated with increased impulsivity and aggressiveness Connections to Unit/Topic: Psychology: (p.15) “The scientific study of behavior and mental processes”- Article examines effects of alcohol on the mind and how increases likelihood of violence and aggression Experimental Method: (handout package) “the use of controlled observations and measurements to test hypotheses” Article gives evidence by conducting an experiment using electricity while subjects both sober and intoxicated. Intoxicated responded more aggressively to shocks than sober subjects. Experiment shows clear connection between alcohol and deviant behavior. Milgram: (p. 268-269) “Unknown to the teachers, the learners were fake participants coached by Milgram and his team of experimenters” Article shows deception by not informing subjects in experiment mentioned in article that responses were being stimulated and recorded on computer. However, experiment uses electric shocks, Milgram’s experiment doesn’t. Alcohol Alert. Alcohol, violence and Aggression. Retrieved November 2, 2009, from , National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa38.htm Romy Zack

Newspaper article justification This article should be added to the Images in society APS text book because it influences society on multiple levels. Alcohol affects families, communities, and relationships in an often negative way. Alcohol also effects the workplace through absences, work accidents and lower performance which can result in unemployment. students should be made aware of the consequences of excessive alcohol consumption this through teachings aids and text books. Romy Zack

Suicides Linked to Economy “Suicides linked to economy.” Brunswick News [Brunswick, GA] 2 Nov.2009. <http://find/galegroups.com/gtx.do?prodld=STOM&userGroupName=tplmain_z> Amy Choi

Suicides Linked to Economy Summary • David Faulkner, medical director of crisis at GBHS • Provides aid and services to those contemplating suicide • Faulkner dealt with a 10 percent increase suicide patients • Helped homeless people since July 2009 Amy Choi

Amy Choi

Important to be in the textbook because… • To be aware of the suicide rate so that there can be an institution to help • When the basic needs of humans are in danger, many people seem to think they have no way out. • To understand the cognitive process in seeking help Amy Choi

Alcohol- related Aggression in Men and Women • Peter R. Giancola • Objective: • - An aggressive person will display violent behaviour while under the influence of alcohol. • Method: (used 2 methods) • Questionnaire experiment • - conducted this experiment on 204 subjects aged 21 - 35 • Controlled experiment • - used an advanced shock method “Taylor Aggression Paradigm” • - divided into 2 group (placebo and alcoholic control group) • Conclusion: • Alcoholic group majority show high level of aggression • subjects with lower aggression did not display aggressive behavior with alcohol Giancola, P R (Nov 2002). Alcohol-related aggression in men and women: the influence of dispositional aggressivity *.Journal of Studies on Alcohol. , 63, 6. p.696 (13). Retrieved November 22, 2009, from Academic OneFile via Gale:<http://find.galegroup.com/gtx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T002&prodId=AONE&docId=A96738733&source=gale&userGroupName=ko_k12pr_d63&version=1.0 Michelle Lee

1. Main focus of study: - substance abuse disorder and alcoholic-related aggression 2.Giancola published a few textbooks 3. “Best First Time” from ISRA 4. Membership to scientific societies Michelle Lee

Biosocial Influences on Fraudulent Behaviours • Objective • MAOA gene causes people to have delinquent behaviours • Hypothesis • Low-MAOA activity alleles would increase antisocial involvement • Method • Case Study • Conclusion "Project Reach Out." M. M. Designs Ink. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Jan. 2010. <http://www.mmdesignsink.net/reachout/peer.html>. Lawrence Lau

Worthy to be in a textbook • Kevin M. Beaver published more than 50 articles, 15 book chapters and is the author of 7 books • Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study • Case Study • Nature VS Nurture • Sociology Lawrence Lau

Antisocial tendency among drug-addicted adults: potential long-term effects of parental absence, support and conflict during childhood • Objective • Hypothesis • Method • Conclusion Knight, D.K., Broome, K M, Cross, D R, & Simpsion, D.D. (August 1998). Antisocial tendenctamong drug-addicted adults: potential long-term effects of parental absence, support, and conflict during childhood. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol/ Abuse. , 24, n3. p.361(15). Retrieved November 09, 2009. from Academic OneFile via Gale Stephen Lai

Connections to Unit/Topic Nature VS Nurture Erickson’s Stages of Development Interviews Stephen Lai

Voices of violence: a study of male adolescent aggression • Objective of article to understand problem of adolescent male aggression and add more research to topic • Method of article to interview 15 aggressive boys and outline prevention and intervention programs and analyze previous research by other professionals • All applicants were volunteers to the study and researchers confirmed that applicants were aggressive by two factors. • Conclusions of article that an individuals anger could be outcome of several different circumstances, but that all the causes of anger formed the same product, a need to free that anger in aggressive ways. Margolin, Andrew, Jan Youga, and Mary Ballou. “Voices of Violence: a study of male adolescent aggression.” Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development. Retrieved November 17, 2009, from Gale expanded ASAP Academic Database <http://find.galegroup.com/gps/retrieve.do?contentSet=IAC- Documents&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&qrySerId=Locale(en%2C%2C)%3AFQE%3D(KE%2CNone%2C26)male+adolescen t+aggression%24&sgHitCountType=None&inPS=true&sort=DateDescend&searchType=BasicSearchForm&tabID=T002&prod Id=IPS&searchId=R1&currentPosition=4&userGroupName=ko_k12pr_d63&docId=A94329985&docType=IAC&contentSet=IA C-Documents> Romy Zack

Academic journal article justification Many adolescent boys experience anger due factors related to home, school and social life. Often this anger is poorly assessed and can escalate if neglected. Not only can it harm the individual but those around them. Therefore, it is both useful and relevant to include this subject in APS text books or curriculum so it can be understood and aided. Romy Zack

Multiple victimization of Spanish adolescents: a multilevel analysis. Lila, Marisol, Juan Herrero, and Enrique Gracia. "Multiple victimization of Spanish adolescents: a multilevel analysis. " Adolescence. 43.170 (Summer 2008): 333(18). Academic OneFile. Gale. Toronto District School Board. 15 Dec. 2009 <http://find.galegroup.com/gtx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T002&prodId=AON&docId=A181522493&source=gale&userGroupName=ko_k12pr_d63&version=1.0>. • Objective- explores the incidence of different types of victimization in three different contexts in the representative sample of Spanish adolescents. • Method-they experimented 1,908 age of 13 to 18 adolescents living in Spain using data form. • Conclusion- Gender, value of family interactions, and deviant behavior were related to numerous discrimination of adolescence. Amy Choi

Important to be in the textbook because… • Main focus of study: • Since 1977 he studied on… • child abuse problems of child victimization • Child maltreatment and family violence • abuse was published • His research about sexual Amy Choi Amy Choi

Our Inquiry • In the province of Ontario, there are many households that experience aggressive, violent, hostile and delinquent behaviour from environmental influences.

Hypothesis • Deviant behaviour is caused by family, education and social life.

Method • Collect data on 57 individuals through MSN and emails • Most of the questions that the survey used were all close ended questions • Categorize the responses according to the hypothesis

Assemble Data

Conclusion • We found that in most cases deviant or delinquent behavior is a result of a number of factors that involve either an individual’s family, education and social life. • We concluded that most individual’s that completed our survey do not express or will not express deviant behavior based the three questions which we found most relevant to the three elements that we believe either cause or promote deviant behavior • These questions included: • Do you have a father figure in your life? • What is most important in your life? • Have you been bullied?

Questions • How does the environment influence children involvement? • Give an example from the PowerPoint of a deviant behaviour • How does alcohol relate to aggression? Name a specific experiment. • How does urban children develop deviant behaviour? • Do you think deviant behaviour can be inherited from generations? Why or why not?

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