CC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Maladaptation, Psychopathy, Neurosis
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Darwin"s observations and nature vs nurture question. The interaction of individuals biological and social characteristics predispose some people to criminality. The idea that individual physical and mental characteristics are governed solely by heredity. The practice of drawing connections between a person"s behavior or temperament and their physique. Early theories like gall believed and a phrenology of individuals that assumed connections between disposition and the shape of the skull. Some (ex. spurzheim) believe and some biosocial elements, but most were strictly deterministic. Similar to lombroso"s work, advancements in the notion of hereditary traits. Observations of parental (father-son) and fraternal (brother - brother) resemblance. Physique of criminals generally inferior, differences and facial and skill, tattooing was more common. But- not all people with inferior body types were criminals. Modern research offers a departure from the criticisms of biological determinism. 1960s study found disproportionate number of men with symptoms of extra y chromosome.
