PSY 622 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Impulsivity, Parental Investment, Parietal Lobe
15 Dec 2015
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Does this perspective provide good theory of crime: are certain other explanations stronger. As one moves in one direction the other moves in another and vice versa: is biology a cause of antisocial behaviour. Like environment that affects biology that in the end results in asb (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Relationship between shape and size of persons head and personality, ability, behaviours: localized and specific areas of brain related to emotions and behaviours that lead to criminal behaviour. Termed atavists and are identifiable by physical defects physical anomalies: criminals are distinguished from non-criminals by multiple. Criminals represented by protruding forehead, long nose, large ears, round eyes. Theory of eugenics to justify non-natural selection. Finding difference between nature and nurture: how to test. Reared together and reared apart: effects of environment. Found that both nature and nurture have an effect. Molecular biology: genetics of criminals vs. non criminals, gene-crime link.
