PSY3710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Junk Food, Executive Functions, Limbic System
5 Dec 2015
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What makes a strong theory: a theory is simply an explanation of a particular phenomenon (such as antisocial behavior, a strong theory is, parsimonious, clearly identifies the casual mechanisms and corresponding. Mediators & moderators underlying the phenomenon of interest. Is testable and hence falsifiable via hypotheses & predictions. Is based on empirical data & is modified in response to new data. 4: possesses interdisciplinary compatibility, respects gender, ethnicity, and culture. Said criminals had distinctive features (referred to them as atavisms) such as sloping forheads & twisted lips which weren"t observed in normal subjects. Also said that they had more in common with neanderthals than modern day man". Remains father of criminology years before lombroso: charles darwin had published his theory of natural selection several, francis galton (darwin"s cousin) founded eugenics misused natural selection; thousands of people were forced sterilization because they were. Unfit to reproduce and also for atrocities that occurred under hitler"s regime forced abortion, sterilization, and death camps.
