We offer a theory of marginal deviations that articulates the processes through which initial behavior that is only slightly deviant from the norm gets transformed into more serious antisocial outcomes. We present evidence that, of the one third of the population that is marginally deviant, about one fourth (or 8% of the total population) becomes seriously deviant over time. Hypothesized factors in this transformation involve the child actor, peer observer-judges, and social transactions between them in processes that derive from self-fulfilling prophecies and dynamic systems theory. Hypotheses and studies are proposed to address the circumstances and processes that determine whether a marginal deviation will be bought back to the norm (through assimilation and attenuation) or accelerated to severe deviance (through accommodation and amplification).

中文翻译：

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边际偏差有时如何演变成严重的攻击行为。


我们提出了一种边际偏差理论，阐明了最初稍微偏离规范的行为转变为更严重的反社会结果的过程。我们提供的证据表明，在有轻微偏差的人口中，约有四分之一（或总人口的 8%）随着时间的推移会变得严重偏差。这种转变中的假设因素涉及儿童演员、同伴观察者法官以及他们之间的社会交易，这些交易源自自我实现的预言和动态系统理论。提出假设和研究来解决决定边际偏差是否会被买回到正常水平（通过同化和衰减）或加速到严重偏差（通过调节和放大）的情况和过程。