SOC 2700 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Flynn Effect, Impulsivity, Psychopathy

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2700
• Professor: Norman Dubeski

Document Summary

Low intelligence=most common to explain criminal and delinquent behavior. Personality: emotional and behavioral attributes that tend to remain stable as he individual moves from situation to situation. Biological and situational factors are psychological theories to consider in criminal behavior. People dull witted or slow were thought to be possessed by the devil. With transition from spiritual explanations to naturalistic once, ida abou this affliction were modified. They were explained now as curses of nature instead of curses of god. Inheritance and family line of decent became the naturalistic way of accounting for misfortunes. Richard dugdale: used to explain history of family called the jukes . They were forced into exile and almost certain death. Dugdale found six members of this family in a country jail. He traces the genes back two hundred years and found history of pauperism, prostitution, exhaustion, disease, fornication, and illegitimacy.