Core Ethical Guidelines The American Psychological Association has developed 10 core ethical guidelines that are used to keep psychologists on a consistent professional level and to follow the standards expected of all who work in the field with clients. The ten core guidelines include resolving ethical issues‚ competence‚ human relations‚ privacy and confidentiality‚ advertising and other public statements‚ record keeping and fees‚ education and training‚ research and publication‚ assessment and
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The Stanford Prison experiment was study about mental health and how people will abuse their power if given the chance. The results from the Stanford experiment were astounding. We learned that environments can have an impact on our behavior. Our social environments can define us. In the Stanford prison experiment the prisoners broke down‚ rebelled‚ and became passively resigned. We learned that role playing affects attitudes. According to the class textbook “When you adopt a new role—when you become
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Discuss two or more psychological explanations for institutional aggression. The importation model is a dispositional theory which states that an individual would bring in – import – characteristics from outside of prison which lead them to be aggressive in daily life. This then leads to aggression while incarcerated. Cheeseman said that men have a certain way of behaving‚ probably why they ended up in prison to begin with‚ which they then apply to their new setting. Irwin and Cressey found 3 subcultures
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Bibliography: Anonymous. (2008). No Torture. No Exceptions. The Washington Monthly‚ 40(1-3). Baker‚ N. V. (2003). National Security versus Civil Liberties. Presidential Studies Quarterly‚ 33(3)‚ 547-567. Brownfeld‚ P. (2003). Patriot Act Opponents Say Law Endangers Rights. from Fox News http://www
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Samantha Mackin Period: 3‚ 10/27/12 Abu and Ishmael Compare and Contrast In 1991 the RUF‚ (Revolutionary United Front) was established in Sierra Leone with the intent to change the government‚ but the only motivations it seemed to have were loot‚ power‚ and glory. The RUF’s fighting quickly became extremely violent. Using child soldiers‚ torture‚ and amputation the government responded with the same tactics. Abu grew up in the village of Kuiva‚ in eastern Sierra Leone; kidnapped with around
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Institutional Aggression The term refers to collective violence E.g. violence within institutions such as prisons‚ students‚ police and army They are danger for both inmates and workers Benjamin Mogmat a member of ‘the number’ in a South African prison was sentenced to nine years. Now in prison he claims to have killed more inmates than he can remember. All to impress a gang. Initiation rituals One way institutions show aggression towards each other is through violent initiation rituals
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Osama bin Laden Assassination Terrorism is a problem that almost every country in the world has to deal with. The United States has had many terrorist attacks‚ whether directed towards the military‚ the government and its property‚ or people. The United States has dealt with this terrorism on many occasions. A terrorist is someone‚ often a leader of a group who causes intentional destruction and fear on another person‚ groups or society‚ disregarding the safety of the other persons for many times
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The attacks of September 11 2001 prompted the first major shift in U.S. foreign policy since the Cold War era. Whereas President Clinton had prioritised domestic issues over international affairs during the 1990s‚ the perceived threat of terrorism post-9/11 led to a highly activist Bush administration intent on supressing the influence of both the “Axis of Evil” (Iraq‚ Iran and North Korea) and dangerous non-state actors‚ such as Al-Qaeda. The strategy of pre-emptive intervention championed by Deputy
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the many experiments he has done and examples to test and prove his theory. Dr. Zombardo believes situations corrupt people. Legal power and society influence people. It’s a bad barrel instead of bad apples as he said in the video. He uses the Abu Ghraib abuses as an example. The abusing only went on during night shifts when there were no surveillances and the abusing happened in only one location. Why was this happening in only one location and why was only this certain group of guards cooperating
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Prisons as Punitive or Rehabilitation The number of inmates in our prisons is increasing more every day. We need to find a more effective way of keep people from committing crimes and keep them out of our prison. The intervention of our prisons being punitive or rehabilitation in nature should change our prisoners. Restorative justice is a innovative movement for our prisoners to promote forward thinking (Furio‚2002). Of course it is difficult to look at a murderer with the equal belief. The thought
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