SOC212H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Central Nervous System Disease, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
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The approaches look at the combination of biological or psychological attributes that might explain criminality. Biological trait theory: development of biological theories. Somatype: an idea used in a system developed for categorizing people on the basis of their body build, associated with the work of william sheldon. The branch of science that views human behavior as motivated by inborn biological urges and desires. The urge to survive and reproduce motivates human behavior. Believe that physical, environmental, and social conditions work together to produce human behavior. Equipotentiality: concept that individuals are equal at birth and thereafter are influenced by their environment. Another focus is the importance of brain functioning, mental processes, and learning instincts: mechanism by which routine actions and behavior are known automatically without being learned: biochemical conditions and crime. Some trait theorists believe that biochemical conditions, both those that are genetically predetermined and those acquired through diet and environment, control and influence antisocial behavior.
