PSYC 3402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: William Herbert Sheldon, Homo Sapiens, Causal Model
19 Feb 2014
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Know strength and limitations of theories for exams. Will have to describe someone like kip kinkel"s behavior using one of the 3 theories. A good theory of criminal behavior: parsimony. Something very clear and simple: makes causative statements + identifies mediators and moderators. Good theory needs to be able to change (dynamic) What is going to predict criminal behavior in the future. Mediators explains the relationship, and a moderators changes the relationship: empirically based + accommodates new data, falsifiable. Interdisciplinary compatibility: respect for gender, ethnicity, and culture. If you touch a skull, it tells you about the underlying brain structure: assumption: size of the bumps and grooves of the brain are indicative of the size of the brain regions underneath. Ex: destructiveness = bulge above the ear. Charles darwin: the voyage of the beagle, natural selection: interaction with different environments (those that survive are those that best adapt to their environment, origin of species, descent of man.
