Biological Theories - Physiological

Question 1

Lombroso
- Knowledge

Answer 1

• atavistic feature
• primitive sub humans - less developed than regular humans
• physical stigma includes :
  twisted nose, sharp cheekbones, sloped foreheads and larger jaws and ears
• believed the born criminal had less sensitivity to pain, more acute senses of sight and smell, lack of moral senses (no remorse)

Question 2

Lombroso
- Evidence

Answer 2

• studied about 400 dead criminals and 4000 live ones
• found that 40% of these criminals could be accounted for by their atavistic features
• believed in idea of primitive subhumans and therefore due to being backwards in evolution they lacked intelligence to control their behavior.

Question 3

Lombroso
- Evidence supporting

Answer 3

• Chinese study entered nearly 2000 men into AI programme
• it correctly flagged 6% of innocent men and 83% of criminal men based on facial features

Question 4

Sheldon

Answer 4

• studied 4000 photos of men from front back and side
• found 3 somatotypes :
• endomorph - fat and soft, more sociable and relaxed
• ectomorphs - thin and fragile, introverted and restrained
• mesomorphs - muscular, aggressive and adventurous

Question 5

Sheldon
- Evidence

Answer 5

• Found mesomorphs are more aggressive, display cruel behaviour and ruthless in their rls
• Did correlation study of college students and delinquents and found that more D’s were mesomorphs
• Glueck and Glueck found 60% of young delinquents were mesomorphs