Aggression, genetics and the social environment / written and read by Ashley Montagu.

Program Title:
Aggression, genetics and the social environment / written and read by Ashley Montagu.
PRA Archive #: 
KZ2057
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Reading of a paper by social psychologist Ashley Montagu which argues against the theory of genetic criminality. Montagu cites the work of Robert Ardrey and Konrad Lorenz, who suggest there is a link between genetics and criminal behavior. Montagu, for his part, argues that educability is a human trait, and that gene development is dependent upon the social environment.|AGGRESSION, GENETICS, AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT / written and read by Ashley Montagu. - Reading of a paper by social psychologist Ashley Montagu which argues against the theory of genetic crimanlity. Montagu cites the work of Robert Ardrey and Konrad Lorenz, who suggest there is a link between genetics and criminal behavior. Montagu, for his part, argues that educatability is a human trait, and that gene development is dependent upon the social environment. - RECORDED: KPFK, 1975.

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Date Recorded on: 
KPFK, 1975.
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Item duration: 
1 reel (60 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., mono.|60:00
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Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1975.
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