SOC 1500 Lecture 5: Sociology lecture 5

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Ryan Broll

Document Summary

Lecture 5 biological and physiological perspectives january 26,2017. Positivism: emphasis the scientific method to understand the study of human behaviour, started in the 19th century, challenges studying human behaviour as the results can always be different, darwins original theory influenced. Sheldon somatotypes not taken seriously: ectomorph: thin, fragile, shy, anxious introverted, endomorph: heavy, short, complacent, social, mesomorph: hard, muscular body, aggressive personality (this one is criminal, focused on body types. Xyy syndrome: most people have 23 chromosomes (m=xy, w=xx) which determines our gender. Implications of biocriminology: curious thoughts on if you can arrest someone just off their genetics. Phychological theories of crime: modern theories generally contend criminals are made, not born, nurture not nature that leads to criminality. Freudian psychoanalytic theory: human psyche consists of (3 parts of brain): We have no way of knowing if your ego keeps your id in check. In positivist and empirical ways it is hard to test this.