PSYC39H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Frontal Lobe, Manganese, Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography
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Week #3- lecture #3 monday, september 28, 2015. Theories of crime: 1 biological and evolutionary pseudo-explanations. No real definition of crime b/c there"s diff criminals. What explains crime for one, doesn"t mean it"s crime for the other. Diff bwt intelligence and motivations: franz gall (1758-1828): relationship between the shape & size of person"s head and personality, ability, behaviours. Believe diff in ppl"s brains that lead to diff experiences and behaviours. By reading bumps on ppl"s skull can tell the diff personalities: cesare lombroso (1835-1909): criminals possess distinctive physical features; they are evolutionary throwbacks. They were product of a devolution: charles darwin: natural selection =, francis galton: eugenics. Researching biological explanations of crime: behavioural genetics, molecular biology, neurochemical approaches, unfortunately, the text does not explore any of these in detail. Genetics and crime twins, adoption, and molecular genetics: link between genetics and antisocial behaviour: twin and adoption studies caspi et al. interaction between mao-a and childhood maltreatment.
