Question

Use the social learning model to explain this scenario: Jason and Justin are both 19 years of age and live in the same neighborhood. Jason does not drink and has had a total of less than 10 drinks during his lifetime, whereas Justin drinks almost every day and gets drunk most weekends. Can psychology be used as a tool to describe this behavioral difference?

Answer 1

Psychology can be used as a tool to describe this behavioral difference, because Jason and Justin may be behaving differently because of the difference in their social interactions. Justin may drink almost every day because of the influence of these close social interactions such as family, friends, and neighbors. People in his close interactions might be drinking and this might have led to the cooperation of other people in his habit of drinking.