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    Since the time of Jack the Ripper serial killers and their prey have captivated the world. Their victims range from five to hundred‚ but all share the same notorious lime light. Throughout America’s history there have been stories of serial killers that have been told to scare and fascinate us. The question remains "Why do we find serial killers so fascinating?" What is a serial killer? Webster defines a serial killer as someone who kills three or more people at the same time‚ or in a short interval

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    Jocelyn Cruz Professor Bucher ENC 1102 16 October 2012 Topic Proposal: Serial Killers and the Influences in Hollywood’s Pop Culture Research Question(s): Why have infamous serial killer cases become so popular in the media and are portrayed in Hollywood films/TV shows? Why do the audiences find horror movies based on killers entertaining? Are the viewers psychologically predisposed by these depictions to react with violence and committing murder? Importance: This is an important issue

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    Freud (1905) proposed psychological development in childhood takes place in a series of fixed stages. The Oedipus Complex occurs in the phallic stage at around 5 years old in boys‚ in this stage the focus is on the genitals‚ as a child becomes aware of its gender. Children feel like they are excluded from some aspects of their parents life‚ this is know as the Oedipus complex. Freud believed that boys had an unconscious wish to kill their father and marry their mother‚ h e fears that if his

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    What instigates the actions of murderers has always intrigued me‚ particularly with children who kill and serial killers‚ this has inevitably led me to want to pursue a career that involves Psychology. Learning about the inner-workings of the mind has always enthralled me‚ especially when regarding violence and aggression. I discovered this when I was roughly around the age of 11‚ I had been surfing YouTube and had stumbled across a video about young children who had committed murder. As a young

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    When hearing human growth and development‚ Sigmund Freud is the name that comes to most minds. Freud is well known in the psychology field based on his theories‚ including his psychoanalytic theory. This was mainly used for study the sexual mind‚ with main focus on the unconscious. Freud created the five stages beginning at birth to onward puberty. In the psychoanalytic theory‚ the oral stage begins from birth to eighteen months. Here‚ a child will learn about their surroundings by placing

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    2010). Richard Chase was raised in a strict household and was beaten often by his father. In his teens he became an alcoholic and also developed a preference for killing and disfiguring animals and fire-starting‚ all common characteristic with serial killers in their childhood (Ramsland‚ 2007). In high school‚ Chase had a handful of girlfriends‚ but none of who he was able to maintain a steady relationship with. However‚ due to his inability to achieve or maintain an erection with females‚ and because

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    Aileen Wuornos The First Female Serial Killer “ Id just like to say Im sailing with the rock‚ and Ill be back like Independence Day‚ with Jesus June 6‚ like the movie‚ big mother ship and all‚ Ill be back. “ Aileen Wuornos was born as Aileen Carol Pittman in Rochester‚ Michigan‚ on February 29‚ 1956. Her mother‚ Diane Wuornos‚ was 15 years old when she married Aileen’s father‚ Leo Dale Pittman on June 3‚ 1954. Less than two years later‚ and two months before Wuornos was born‚ Diane filed

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    power of love’. Civilization and Its Discontents (1930) "As long as one keeps searching‚ the answers come." -- Joan Baez It has now been seventy years‚ since G. Stanley Hall‚ the founder of the American Psychological Association invited Sigmund Freud and his colleagues to Clark University. The visit culminated in the establishment of the Division of Psychoanalysis. With a current membership of nearly 4000 the Division represents professionals who identify themselves as having a major commitment

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    The Interpretation of Dreams • In November of 1897‚ Freud began writing about dreams and his self-analysis discoveries. The writings would become his famous book‚ The Interpretation of Dreams‚ published in November‚ 1899 • Freud’s first paragraph of the book stated: o “In the pages that follow I shall bring forward proof that there is a psychological technique which makes it possible to interpret dreams‚ and that‚ if that procedure is employed‚ every dream reveals itself as a psychical structure

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    As a college‚ he attended the University of Washington. He met a young woman from California who was perfect for him in his eyes(biography.com). He was everything to her until the ravage break up(crimemuseum.org). The Bundy’s later victims‚ then compared to his college girlfriend‚ he once had(biography.com). This started a pattern of horrid crimes of raping the women then beating them to death. This is when he would lay with the women he killed until the smell of their corpses was too much

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