Social Cognitive Theory - Essay Example

Research indicates that the youth gain their violent behavior from observing violent programs on the television or computer in video games. Television and movies as well as violent video games make the youth learn how to become violent by fighting or even verbal violence where they abuse others as they have observed. The actions observed are not reprimanded in the movies and television and hence reprimanding them is not a viable option for them. They integrate this behavior into their personality and they end up very aggressive and violent children and teenagers engaging in fights every chance they get.

The other way the youth begin violence is through the environment they grow up in. Some of these youth grow up in homes where the parents are violent or in violent neighbourhoods and they adopt similar behavior. They grow up experiencing violence until they begin to think it is normal and okay for them to be violent as well towards each other and more so towards the opposite sex which is mostly the girls and women (Durrant, 2013).