Describe the study of body types

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Answer: [key points to be made]
*Links personality to physique, function follows form.
*Certain physical features associated with propensity for crime and delinquency
*Often described as constitutional psychology
* William Sheldon, 3 categores called somatotypes: ectomorph, endomorph and mesomorph
*Sheldon claimed most delinquents are mesomorphs, athletic, muscular, aggressive, outgoing
*Sheldon’s theory criticized for eugenic overtones – suggestion of biological devolution
*Methods of Sheldon also critiqued for lack of rigor, subjective interpretations
*Later studies tied body types to self-esteem, self-concept and perhaps linked to acting out

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