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    Famous Serial Killers JACK THE RIPPER‚ JEFFERY DAHMER‚ BTK‚ AILEEN WOURNOS BY: CAMERON GADDI. ALINA DAYLEY‚ SAMANTHA DEMATTIA‚ MICHELLE CAMPOPIANO‚ KARLA HUERTA‚ FRANCISCO LOPEZ Jack The Ripper Jack the Ripper Most famous letter Annie Chapman The Rippers HIstory  Jack ‚ an English 1888 serial killer‚ killed many years ago yet his identity remains a mystery legend. Many woman were suspected to have been killed by him but only 5 were accepted to have been murdered by the Ripper. The Scotland

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    A. Explain in three sentences only the educational implications of the following: 1. Thorndike’s laws of learning a. Law of Readiness First primary law of learning‚ according to Thorndike‚ is the ‘Law of Readiness’ or the ‘Law of Action Tendency’‚ which means that learning takes place when an action tendency is aroused through preparatory adjustment‚ set or attitude. Readiness means a preparation of action. If one is not prepared to learn‚ learning cannot be automatically instilled in him‚ for

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    Use Psychological theories to explain aggressive behaviour.  Describe three method’s a coach might use to eliminate aggressive tendencies of performers and to encourage an active and healthy lifestyle. (6 Marks) Aggression is the attempt to harm outside the rules of the game. There are many different theories of how aggression is formed. Instinct theory was proposed by Freud and is the trait view of behavior and shows the drawbacks of this perspective‚ that behaviour is at all

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    FAVORITE SERIAL KILLER? I’m my math teacher’s worst nightmare. Not because I’m not respectful or I do not try in their class. It is because they know that they will have to answer one of my questions of the day every day and it could be about anything. My questions range from what is your favorite food to how would you get rid of a dead body. This tradition started on the first day of school of my sophomore year. My first bell class was Honors Geometry and you can probably imagine how excited we

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    A serial killer is a person who kills more than two to three times with a cooling time in between his murders. The ironic thing about this statement is that Charles never killed anyone‚ he instead persuaded people to do it for him. Manson’s murders were also organized

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    Its amazing what lengths people go to just to hurt someone. Marie Antoinette and Edmund Kemper had both become serial killers. Edmund made himself out to be normal‚ but wasn’t. Edmund Kemper did’t have any logical reason to do it other than just for fun‚ but was very cruel. Marie Antoinette died during the revolution and came back centuries later as a ghost just to hurt the families that hurt her. Marie Antionette and Edmund Kemper both shared reasons for killing people by their tactics‚ attributes

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    Psychological Theories: Lifespan vs. Social Learning Theory A Case Study HNC Social Care 13th August 2011 Total Words = 814 During this case study we will be utilising two theories to understand the behaviours of an individual named Alistair. Alistair is 17 years old and originates from Ayrshire. He arrived at Stepdown on 01/06/2011 after it was decided that he no longer met the criteria to be held in secure accommodation‚ however still required supervision.

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    of a Serial Killer. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://serial-killers.tumblr.com/post/14691116653/serial-killers-101-the-22-levels-of-evil-dr John Wayne Gacy - Famous Last Words. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://crime.about.com/od/history/qt/lastwords_gracy.htm John Wayne Gacy | Murderpedia‚ the encyclopedia of murderers. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://murderpedia.org/male.G/g1/gacy-john-wayne.htm Profile of John Wayne Gacy the "Killer Clown". (n.d.). Retrieved from http://crime.about.com/od/serial/p/gacy

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    impact an individual so harshly they eventually evolve into a serial killer? The nature versus nurture debate in childhood development with physical impact will be used in an attempt to explain possible causes. Serial killers often blend into society with no inclination that they are a violent or even a dangerous person. Some form of psychological gratification is the main reason a serial killer is compelled to commit murder. Most serial killers start out by killing animals before moving on to sometimes

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    anyway?” What type of person would say such an inhuman remark along these lines‚ you may ask. These very words came from the cruel‚ most notorious serial killer of the late 20th century. Also known as Ted Bundy. Ted Bundy raped and killed thirty-five women. Although‚ some thought he had committed as many as one-hundred murders or more. This man people describe as horrible‚ decided to plead insanity during his court case‚ but in reality he was not insane. As bizarre as it may sound‚ Ted Bundy was once

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