SOCB50H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Paradigm Shift, Larceny, Homicide
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Chapter 5: biological and physiological explanations of deviance. It is difficult to explain some kinds of behaviour, especially gender bending or delusional as they are based on genetics. Positivism (scientism): the belief that natural science should be adapted to the study of human being. They assume that knowledge can be discovered through sensory experience, observation and experiment. In which experiments undergo a control group, sampling and analysis. When studies took place with rocks, insects and plants it led to new discovery that would not have been discovered through classical theory : craziness, self-injurious compulsions or extreme impulsiveness. Classical thinkers never used empirical data in their research before or they never used it as it should have been constructed. However overtime, with rise to criminology and understanding deviance, they began adopting a paradigm shift, which gave better understanding of human nature and human behaviour. It achieved dominant status in the late 19-20th century, when it was challenged with other paradigms.
