SOC 2700 Chapter 6: Trait Theories
4 Mar 2017
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In the 1970s, edmund o. wilson published sociobiology: sociobiology is the branch of science that views human behaviour as motivated by inborn biological urges and desires. The urge to survive and reproduce motivates human behaviour: sociobiologists view the gene as the ultimate unit of life that controls all human destiny, holds that people are controlled by the innate need to have their genes survive. Equipotentiality is the concept that individuals are equal at birth and thereafter are influenced by their environment. Importance of brain functioning, mental processes and learning. Instincts is the mechanism by which routine actions and behaviour are known automatically without being learned. Biosocial theories of crime: biochemical, crime is a function of diet, vitamins, hormonal imbalance or food allergies. It explains irrational violence and how environment interacts with personal traits: research focuses on diet, hormones, enzymes, environmental contaminants and lead intake, neurological, delinquents often suffer brain impairment (related to antisocial behaviour)
