CRIM 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5 : Neurology, Operant Conditioning, Craniometry
10 Nov 2016
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Theoreticians have generally adhered to one viewpoint or the other. Nurture- effects of the social environment nature nurture. Nowadays, scientists recognize that behaviour is not caused solely by nature or nurture but rather a combination. Fishbein says that it is rare that an effect can be attributed to a single cause. People choose courses of action (element of free will) Choices are limited or bounded by current circumstances or opportunities, learning experiences, physiological abilities, and genetic predispositions . Physiognomy proposed that facial features could reveal an individual"s inner characteristics. Phrenology (craniometry) held that abnormalities in the shape of the skull were indicative of a person"s morality and intelligence. Studied kallikaks would be a good example of the earlier foray in crim. Goddard was a psychologist by training and director of research in the vineland. Training of feeble-minded boys and girls in new jersey . The first person to test iq on prison inmates. Two families fathered by the same man.
