Sociobiology

Paradigms “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” introduced Thomas Kuhn’s paradigm theory. Paradigms describe the scientific observations of a natural phenomenon or theory (Kuhn 2012, 41). Thomas Kuhn’s “Structure of Scientific Revolutions,” provides a philosophical look into the scientific process and an understanding of how theories change and progress over time. Paradigms help explain theories, concepts, and observations so they can be learned from (Kuhn 2012, 43). Kuhn himself…

structure versus personality, doing gender, and gender as structure. The first one that she discusses is gendered selves. This theory believes that gender is based on one’s biology or socialization. Risman also discusses this through the mention of sociobiology, which studies the environment and biology and the effects they have on society (293). In the second theory, she discusses structure versus personality, which is that men and women are different due to their occupations that are different…

Culture is known as a diverse way of living in a society, with special practices of values, believes and practices. Culture does not only apply to the emotional side of people but also to the physical aspect of living life. It is a way of identifying and understanding the ways of people in their natural state. Culture is expressed by every individual all over the world, range from kid’s teens, adults, senior citizens, both on the male and female side. Culture is not something that is not learned…

Evolutionary biologists such as Richard Dawkins1 , Paul Meyers2, and Jerry Coyne3, and philosophers of science such as Daniel Dennett4, Micheal Ruse5, and Peter Singer6 have produced differing defences and explanations of Darwinism, its roots, and its various implications within a Neo-Darwinian framework. In many cases, these have been intended for wider consumption beyond academia and have incorporated the promotion of Darwin as a unique historical agent, with Dawkins arguably leading the pack…

Nature versus nurture ultimately boils down to how organisms such as ourselves develop overtime. Whether our development is based off of our nature such as genes and variables out of our control or nurture such as how we are raised and the environment that we thrive and grow in. Psychologists have been able to narrow down the main factors of both nature and nurture in their debate and study of the growth and development of the human psyche. Nature is believed to be a predetermined course that…

Sociological Perspectives through Video Responses The idea of sociological perspective is to ask questions to how society influences people, why people do what they do, and the locations people occupy in life because of their place in society. There are three major sociological perspectives in sociology; symbolic interactionism perspective, conflict theory perspective, and structural functionalism perspective. Symbolic interactionism. It is a theoretical perspective in which society is viewed…

This approach deals primarily with the unconscious mind. Sigmund Freud believed that our feelings and thought were possible outside the realm of awareness. Freud said the mind is very complex and it can and it has many levels. Freud envisioned this as a battle. The Unconscious forces were trying to escape to the levels of awareness and the conscious forces were trying to negate this .He formulated this theory, which took decades, from data that he collected from his patients. This theory is…

A Study of Neuroticism in Psychological Literature Every individual’s personality is composed of a variety of different traits each of different strengths. Neuroticism is one such trait that encompasses a large portion of my personality. Neuroticism as a personality trait can generally be defined as emotionality. Two perspectives of psychology will be mentioned in this essay regarding the trait of neuroticism: The biological perspective and the trait perspective. The goal of this paper is to…

The psychology of religion is one of the many divisions of religion. The psychology of religion is the application of psychology interpretive frameworks and methods to religious individuals. This is in the sense that religion’s functionality is that it (pg.3) expresses and serves many individual, social and culture needs. Psychology of religion focuses on the individual rather than cultures or societies regardless of the prior mentioning of religion’s function. It looks to examine the religious…

For the final response paper, I will share what I learned about four specific criminological theories. These theories include critical/conflict, feminist, Biological/Biosocial, and life course. For each theory I will share how they each explain why crime might occur, while also sharing their strengths and weaknesses. To conclude this paper, I will chose one theory that I think best describes why crime occurs. To begin, I will first talk about the critical/conflict theory. This theory argues that…