Danny is a novice gang member. he sees the gang leader gain the respect and praise of his fellow gang members after senselessly murdering a rival gang member. tony subsequently starts to engage in violent activities more often. behavioral theorists are most likely to attribute the increase in danny's violent behavior to the effects of

The increase of Danny's violent behavior is due to the effect of vicarious reinforcement. The vicarious reinforcement allows an individual to repeat a certain action because of the reason that the person wants to obtain such as being able to be rewarded or gain something that he or she would like. It could be seen above as violent behavior is being done and repeated because of its reward of having respect and praise by other people.