1920-1940 PSYCOLOGY CLASS-Essay

IT DOESNT HAVE TO BE EXCELENT, IJUST NEED TO PASS THE CLASS AND BECOUSE MY JOB I GOT NOT TIME TO DO IT MYSELF… Reflection Paper:you will be required to write a Reflection Paper (1,500 words or more). The following is the prompt to write the Reflection Paper: During an era in American history (1920s-1940s) our government sterilized over 65,000 people who were deemed unfit in some way (criminal histories, low IQ, or other mental deficiencies).  In fact, Oliver Wendell Holmes, one of our most famed and revered legal scholars, writing for the majority opinion (1927), ruled that compulsory sterilization laws were good social policy: “It is better for the world, if instead of waiting to execute degenerate offspring for crime, or let them starve for their imbecility, society can prevent those who are manifestly unfit from continuing their kind.  Three generations of imbeciles are enough.” In other words, there were people in the past who believed that we should stop certain people from reproducing because of their mental deficiencies or criminal behaviors. Please answer the 2 following questions while writing your paper: 1)  Considering the nature and nurture debate in psychology, please use both sides of the debate and explain what you believe causes this behavior (either mental deficiencies or criminal behavior)? 2)  Considering what you know about psychological research on people, discuss both sides of the ethical issue, individual rights vs. “greater good,” of sterilizing less desirables?