Sociology 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Sociological Perspectives, Precession, Social Reproduction
16 Nov 2011
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It was believed that unsee, yet powerful, forces determined people"s action. Many people believing that human genetics determined much of our nature Movement was rooted in darwin"s concept of adaptation and his theory of biological evolution into higher species. The eugenics movement promoted genetic engineering - the control of breeding within between the races This involved the goal of race improvement through slective breeding, with an implication that the weak should be left to die, or at least should not be allowed to reproduce. It was the racism inherent in the eugenics movement that drew the attention of social scientists who had seen studying nurture - or enivornmental - influences on human behaviour. Suggested that it was unlikely that humans have gentic predispoitions strong enough to determine fully their complex behaviour patterns, especially throughout their lives. They argued that cultures can produce patterns of human behaviour that cannot be reduced to our gentic makeup.
