- Social disruption
δSocial disruption is a term used in
sociology to describe the alteration or breakdown ofsocial life , often in a community setting. For example, the closing of a community grocery store might cause social disruption in acommunity by removing a “meeting ground” for community members to developinterpersonal relationships and communitysolidarity . The term is often associated with the effects of rapidpopulation growth .In
punishment , social disruption occurs when the deliverer of punishment and the setting in which the punishment is delivered becomeconditioned aversive stimuli . More simply put, a person who delievers punishment can become something that is avoided by the subject of the punishment. For example, a lab rat may come to avoid an experimenter delievering shocks as punishment. The experimenter himself is not a "punishing stimulus", but the rat learns to associate the actual punishment (the shocks) with the person delivering the shocks.ee also
For Sociology:
*Boomtown
*Gillette Syndrome
*Social problem For Punishment:
*B.F. Skinner
*Operant Conditioning References
W. David Pierce and Carl D. Cheney, "Behavior Analysis and Learning" 3rd ED
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