SOC 2700 Lecture 4: Week 4 Lecture 1.docx
2 Mar 2012
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Alfred binet and the intent of iq. Goddard and iq studies (us soldiers; kallikak family) Was feeblemindedness hereditary: low iq can be inherited, low iq predicts criminal behaviour, low iq often creates problems like poverty, mental illness. Problems with goddard: tests of general and practical knowledge: would normally find on an iq test spatial ability, verbal skills. Charles davenport: crime as predestined: examples of legislation: 1928 alberta sexual sterilization act (canada: sterilize young person with low iq before puberty, sometimes without consent, medical solution legally advocated by gov"t, quickly decide who is eligible for sterilization, children were interviewed, Would they make good parents & would they pass on defects to next generation? : ended in 1978, critics of eugenics. John watson (us psychologist: pairing stimulus with environmental cues, claimed genetics had very little to do with criminal behaviour and more to do w/ experience/nurture.
