SOC 2700 Lecture : oct 4th crim

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Tests are used to determine your personality. Colour test (certain colours selected suggests different personality traits) Disc (four different dominant personality tests; what type of pet do you like) Mmpi (about 400 questions, testing for certain kinds of personality traits) Cpi (determines various positive and negative personality traits) Can identify anti-social personality disorder (sociopath) through these tests. Repeated acts of violence and criminal activity, use of an alias name. Can help to predict future criminal tendencies. Importance of dsm: can determine negative personality traits. Common problem that people act without thinking. Impulsivity is manifested with high levels of activity. Not giving yourself enough time to think about your actions. Teenage brains are wired slightly different to be more susceptible to impulsivity. Sociopaths still lack this ability even at the adult age. Wilson and herrnstein have said that maybe criminals are biologically distinct. Eugenics is essentially trying to change someone"s genetic makeup.