Biological
The belief that human behaviour is directly related to a component of their genome.
What is Biological Determinism?
The view that human behaviour is controlled by a force out of their control.
What is Psychological Determinism?
Francis Dalton coined this now famous phrase
What is nature vs nurture?
This Philosopher argued that adult personality is determined by childhood experience
Who is Sigmund Freud
The infamous movement Galton started, aiming to "improve" the human race through selective breeding.
What is Eugenics?
A slip of the tongue which reveals someone's true intentions
What is a Freudian Slip?
Darwin's theory of inheritance in which traits most likely to be passed down are the most useful in the organism's environment.
What is Natural Selection
The process in which you reward small incremental steps toward a target behaviour.
What is Successive Approximation?
These "units of heredity" are often refrenced in biological determinism
What are Genes?
The part of the brain often refrenced by psychological determinists as the cause for criminal behaviour
What is the Frontal Lobe?