Macro and Micro Learning Theories

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Criminal Justice: Family Violence The difference between micro-level theories and macro-level theories is their definition themselves. Micro-level theories are based on the individual, while macro-level theories are based on the environment around that individual. Micro-level theories focus on the persons personal life, including interpersonal communications and life span (childhood), while macro-level theories focus on the environmental and societal influences. Macro-theory identifies broad factors, such as family’s tolerance of violence, age, family issues, social structure (classification), and even the theory of evolution comes in – according to the text. These theories blame culture and other “exposures”. A man who murdered his mother after watching someone murder their mother on a movie would support such theories. Macro-theories also take into account the stereotype that men dominate women, thus our culture is generally powered by men. Micro-theory identifies personal factors, such as their past, their childhood, their morals, their ethics, ETC.. These theories blame the person or the persons closest to them. A man that murdered his mother after fourteen years of being raped by her would support these theories. The text offers a case history on page 39 and I chose to use this reading as an example. I think I read it in terms of micro-theory, because it tells in the beginning of her father being abusive. Then she marries an abusive man. However, the man she married showed no signs of abusive nature until after they were married. I don’t feel she married a man like her father. I feel she married the complete opposite, or so she thought, and ended up with worse than her father ever was. I feel her childhood pushed her futher into Miguel’s arms though, because she wanted the opposite of her father. She wanted to feel loved and protected. Miguel offered

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