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Atavistic muscles in several birds [21] [22] and mammals such as the beagle [23] and the jerboa. [21] Extra toes in guinea pigs. [3] [24] Reemergence of sexual reproduction in the flowering plant Hieracium pilosella and the Crotoniidae family of mites. [25] Webbed feet in adult axolotls. [26]
Atavistic regression is a hypnosis-related concept introduced by the Australian scholar and psychiatrist Ainslie Meares. Meares coined his term from the English atavism , which is derived from the Latin atavus , meaning a great-grandfather's grandfather and, thus, more generally, an ancestor.
A typical early example of an atavistic quaternity, from the Book of Kells. The hypothesis suggests that the flower children of the sixties and the mellow side of reggae culture presents a collective mood of "friendly weakness" while punk culture and certain aspects of rap culture present an archetype of 'hostile weakness'.
Lombroso, with his concept of atavistic retrogression, suggested an evolutionary reversion, complementing hereditary degeneracy, and his work in the medical examination of criminals in Turin resulted in his theory of criminal anthropology—a constitutional notion of abnormal personality that was not actually supported by his own scientific ...
In addition to the "atavistic born criminal", Lombroso identified two other types: the "insane criminal", and the "criminaloid".Although insane criminals bore some stigmata, they were not "born criminals"; rather they become criminal as a result "of an alteration of the brain, which completely upsets their moral nature."
Cesare Lombroso (/ l ɒ m ˈ b r oʊ s oʊ / lom-BROH-soh, [1] [2] US also / l ɔː m ˈ-/ lawm-; [3] Italian: [ˈtʃeːzare lomˈbroːzo, ˈtʃɛː-,-oːso]; born Ezechia Marco Lombroso; 6 November 1835 – 19 October 1909) was an Italian eugenicist, criminologist, phrenologist, physician, and founder of the Italian school of criminology.
The psychology of a crowd is a collective behaviour realised by the individuals within it. A category of social psychology known as "crowd psychology" or "mob psychology" examines how the psychology of a group of people differs from the psychology of any one person within the group.
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