Sociology 2259 Lecture Notes - Nazi Eugenics, Juvenile Delinquency, Social Darwinism
23 Apr 2013
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Sociology 2259: biological and physiological explanations of deviance. There are impulses that are outside of people"s control that can lead to deviant behavior. Positivism developed out of the inability of classical thought to explain deviance (uses natural science to determine human behavior controlled experiments) Yet another paradigm shift from the classical era. Explanation biological determinism symptoms of constitutional faults (they denied free will. Physiognomy: study of facial features (weak chin, shaky eyes) Phrenology: mapped the brain identified areas related to personality and behavior (for example take casts of criminals skulls) Craniometry: classify human types by brain size and skull measurements. Biological atavism - criminals were evolutionary throw- backs. Physical traits to explain deviance eye brows sloping forehead. Think of dale akiki he looked different and people thought he was a criminal. Endomorph extroverted but more laid back. Sheldon"s work was on juvenile delinquent predicted people who were mesomorph were more likely to be criminals.
