Eugenics Crusade 3 - Lecture notes 1 PDF

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16. How did the psychologist believe the human condition could be controlled and improved? Through reproduction control 17. Who was a key financial supporter of the psychologist’s new eugenics direction and what was the “argument” he used to convince her to fund his research? Mrs. E.H. Harriman; She gives a lot of her money to all kinds of good organizations, but by funding eugenics, there will be no need to fund these organizations because controlling reproduction will get rid of the people who need the funding. 18. What was eugenics (new) approach to try and limit the “bad” traits in human society? How did that relate to the ancient “nature vs. nurture” scientific debate? Sterilization and reproductive control 19. What was the inherent problem with eugenicists goal of creating a “Utopian” society? There's a set of aspirations that blind you to consequences that can be dangerous 20. What was the eugenics founding father’s key “boost/addition” to the ideology of eugenics, which had been around in the late 1800s? In other words, what did he do to allow eugenics to “take off” as a serious and popular “scientific” study? What famous person sat on the board of eugenics He was institutionalizing eugenics and assembled a Board of Scientific Directors, whom Alexander Graham Bell was a part of. 21. Who were the two key figures in the new direction of eugenics research and what did they establish to advance their efforts in expanding this area of research? What did they “teach” and how was this research documented? Davenport and Harry Laughlin established an academic program that offered training in eugenic field-research techniques, specifically how to conduct interviews and make eugenically useful measurements, how to chart family pedigrees, and how to analyze them. They made the Trait Book. 22. How did this new research line influence larger American culture? It supplied material for many books, pamphlets, lectures, and press releases regarding the danger of the inferior genes 23. What were some examples of genetic “strains” that negatively impacted society (from the eugenics perspective) and what was the “solution” to eradicate those strains? Paupers, sex offenders, strong tendencies toward larcent, assault, lying, and running away...