Somotype theory
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- Created on: 04-05-15 15:52
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- Somotype Theory- Sheldon
- Body Types
- Endomorph= Fat & Soft
- Ectomorph= Thin & Fragile
- Mesomorph= Muscular and hard
- Personality Traits
- Endomorph= Relaxed, loving, enjoying company of others
- Ectomorph= Solitary, introverted & self conscious
- Mesomorph- Criminal, aggressive, callous, mindless of others feelings
- Sheldon suggested everyone has a combination of the 3 body types but those more mesomorphic tend to be criminals
- Sheldon's Study
- Criminals rated most highly as mesomorph
- Criminals get more time to work out in prison
- Sheldon saw full length pictures of participants and rated up to 7 of how much of each body type they were
- - Sheldon rated himself and so could have created bias
- Criminals rated most highly as mesomorph
- Evaluation
- Sutherland used legal criteria for delinquency and found no link between delinquency and mesomorphic body type
- British National Survery finds those guilty of serious offences are more likely to have small body types
- Body Types
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