What is sociobiology? What criticisms are against it? What contributions has it made to the field? Provide examples
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Answers should define sociobiology as a theoretical synthesis of biology, behavior, and evolutionary ecology. Answers should mention some of the criticism, such as a failure to consider culture and social learning shaping individuals and groups. Today, many criminologists are seeing the need to include sociobiology in the field of study, because biological factors are connected to the environmental factors of the context of crime and criminal behavior. It contributes to the field the recognition of the necessity of the interaction of biology and environment to the formation of behavior.
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a. True b. False
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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