The psychology of serial killers is a very intriguing yet a frightening topic‚ which has caused an abundant amount of interest. The thought of a human committing such atrocious crimes without feeling remorse has puzzled the average human being for centuries. There have been many theories surrounding the cause of killings‚ including the biological trait theory‚ criminological theory‚ and the psychodynamic theory (Blair‚ 2003; Yang‚ Raine‚ Colletti‚ 2005). An emphasis upon abuse during pre-adolescent
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In Serial‚ Adnan is betrayed by those around him and falsely convicted for the murder of Hae Min Lee‚ showing that Adnan should deserve a retrial. First‚ the police interrogates Jay a lot. One of the days Jay was interrogated‚ 3 hours of the interrogation was not recorded. Jay has something new to say every time with a different version of a story. In this 3 hours Jay probably had said many things. In those stories there might have been crucial amount of info that could have helped but was not recorded
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One psychological explanation of anorexia nervosa is the behavioural approach. This approach explains that anorexia nervosa(AN) is learnt through both classical and operant conditioning as well as social learning theory. Classical conditioning is involved with making an association with eating and anxiety. Therefore anorexics seek to lose weight/not eat to reduce their anxiety. Once this association has been made operant conditioning starts playing its part through negative and positive reinforcement
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predicting a race war. Charles’ plans were to murder people that would grab the publics attention rather than a simple individual. The first recorded murder was on August 9‚ 1969. Charles and four of his most “obedient” followers arrived to 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angles‚ which was Roman Polanski’s residence at the time. Polanski was away in Europe however his partner Sharon Tate became one of the victims that night. According to biography.com‚
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Serial killers. Numerous books‚ movies‚ and video games revolve around this subject. There seems to be an obsession with these crimes and those that commit them. Extreme killing: Understanding Mass Murder‚ answers questions such as; what is the difference between a serial killer or a mass murderer? Who commit these crimes? And what are the different motivating factors behind such crimes? We we even look for an answer to what is the difference between sociopaths and psychopaths? The book delves
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Discuss Psychological Explanations of Schizophrenia [8+16] AO1: The cognitive approach acknowledges the role of biological factors. Frith 92 found a disconnection between frontal areas of the brain concerned with action and the posterior areas of the brain that control perception‚ explaining auditory hallucinations. This causes a split from reality where sz are unable to distinguish between actions brought by external forces and those generated internally this then causes the positive symptoms of
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Psychological Explanation of the Causes of Crime Psychological-pertaining to the mind or to mental phenomena as the subject matter of psychology. -To account for criminal motivation in people‚ criminologists have used various psychology theories that attempt to explain human intellectual and emotional development. These theories can be divided into three categories: a. Moral Development Theories describe a sequence of developmental stages that people
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Outline and evaluate psychological explanations for OCD (8+16 marks) One psychological explanation for OCD is the behavioural approach. The behavioural approach breaks obsessions and compulsions into separate categories. Mowrer (1960) suggests that the acquisition of fear and anxiety is a two-step process in which firstly the neutral stimulus is associated with anxiety through classical conditioning for example a child being told that food which has been dropped on the floor is disgusting‚ this
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Outline and evaluate psychological explanations of schizophrenia (24 marks) Brown and Birley studied stressful life events in the role of relapse in schizophrenics. They found that 50% of people experience a stressful life event e.g. death‚ relationship break-up‚ job loss etc. in the 3 weeks prior to a schizophrenic episode. A control sample reported a low and unchanging level of stressful life events over the same period. However not all evidence supports the role of life events. For example‚
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