Introduction
The researcher thinks that cultural theories alone are inadequate and a little biased. Therefore, it is critical to consider others and the broader social conditions to explain violence. The researcher agrees with the subculture of violence theory, which explains the presence of several communities and subcultures. For example, two cultures consist of economic factors and race. People’s race consists of skin colors such as black or white. The researcher groups class culture into the lower, middle, and upper.
Video Discussion on Social Learning Theory
Albert Bandura formulated the social learning theory to explain how people learn by observing others. The Bobo Doll experiment illustrates the learning process through observation, in which an adult acts aggressively towards a doll in the presence of children. The children play inside a room with the Bobo doll (Mae, 2011). They display aggressive behavior towards the Bobo doll, as they had observed earlier. Bandura describes three observational learning models: The live model, in which an actual person’s behavior gets observed, the verbal model, in which a person explains the behavior and the symbolic model, in which sources such as books and electronic media demonstrate a character’s behavior. The theory suggests that the learner only learns a few observed behaviors effectively. Mae (2011) explains that for a learner to retain an observation effectively, the learner undergoes a 4-step modeling process that involves paying full attention during learning, retention of information through repetitively observing the model, reproduction -demonstration of behavior, and motivation reinforcement and punishment.
Essay: Applying Cultural Theory of Violence
The cultural theory of violence describes the causes of violence in the BBC report titled Kenya’s Hidden Epidemic: BBC Africa eye documentary. The report explains that the parties involved in violent acts comprise lower-class to middle-class economies. Furthermore, the parties are all black and so they fall into the same racial subculture. In his story, the reporter explains the violent acts used against women gender. The report also shows that most women are survivors of rape and physical beatings from men. The report is insufficient for the research since the reporter has not delved deeper into the cases he discussed.
The reporter begins with a story of a family in which acts of violence led to the homicide of a young kid. The woman claims that her ex-husband wanted to restore their relationship, but she would not tolerate it. Therefore, the husband demands respect and honor by being violent toward her and her child. According to the culture theory, some of the behavioral attributes exhibited by the boys in the lower class include toughness, autonomy, excitement, and trouble. The BBC Africa News report shows such behaviors in a male character, where a man boldly says he is one of those who beat women to ensure that he maintains respect in his home. Another person says that before a man acquires a wife, he is allowed to beat his newly wedded wife so that she can learn to respect him.
Conclusion
The story shows that those who engage in violence and their victims are within a culture that encourages violence to solve the problem. The men place a high value on respect and honor. In some cases, just like the cultural theory of violence suggests, a slight jostle or misunderstanding is a potential cause of violence. Therefore, though there is insufficient evidence to support the research, cultural theory can be used to describe the violence in the report.
References
BBC News Africa. (2022). Kenya’s hidden epidemic: BBC Africa eye documentary [Video]. YouTube. Web.
Sincero, S. M. (2011). Social learning theory. Explorable. Web.