Max Gillies Psychology 103 Ms. Andrews 5/1/10 The Stanford Prison Experiment In 1971 one of the most prestigious schools in the country, a well accomplished professor and selected group of local students began one of the most controversial and thought inspiring case studies in history. Setting out to see how people react when they have either authoritarian positions or submissive ones. The thesis being that the prison, in this case the modified Stanford basement, controls the situation rather than the people inside of it. What the experiment reveled was a disturbing glimpse at the human psyche. The experiment quickly took on a very serious tone.
Many neighbors of Dahmer suspected him of frequently killing animals as a child. Obviously, Dahmer did not have idealistic parents. Perhaps, if Dahmer had parents who were concerned of his behavior, he could have been treated for his illness at an early age before any humans were harmed later on in his life. Jeffrey Dahmer can easily be considered that of an introvert. The definition of introvert was first coined by popular psychologist, Carl Jung.
It is difficult to hold prosecutors accountable for acts of misconduct. Since prosecutors are often viewed as the “good guys” by the public, many times unethical, as well as illegal acts will be tolerated by the courts and criminal justice system as a whole. Prosecutorial misconduct is considered any action taken by the prosecutor in a criminal case that is against the law and/or unethical. Prosecutorial evidence can be anything from harassing witnesses on the stand, pressing unfounded charges against defendants, tampering with evidence, withholding evidence, up to taking bribes. Prosecutors can sometimes get away with misconduct as it is extremely difficult to prove that misconduct had actually taken place.
From tear gassing, to the utmost physical abuse, juveniles were tortured and it led to the children wanting to commit suicide in these harsh conditions. Such brutality was a shocking insight to me. I was in disbelief that in our own country this kind of treatment once went on and nothing was done about it for quite some time. Without such investigations that have taken place by Kenneth Wooden, one can only wonder about if such treatment would still go on and if it is even possible that it happens today. With fear being invested into the minds of juveniles, it can be very easy to control them and have underground extreme policies going on regarding abuse.
Criminal novels are my favorite books at leisure. Normally, murderers will end up with being under arrested at the end of stories. However, the protagonist, Tom Ripley, is extremely clever and he can avoid every risk of being arrested in this story. Plus, it is suggested that Tom Ripley can be the representative of literary psychopaths. Therefore, I try to dig out every clue that causes his motives to kill people and every detail that built up his personalities so that it would help me understand why a genius becomes a villain.
Crystal Tenhet Professor Scott Point of View and Theme Essay February 7, 2010 Poe writes the story “The Tell Tale Heart” from the perspective of the murderer of an old man. The unreliable narrator tells the story in first-person point of view. The theme of this story can be a little confusing. First you have that all humans have a good and evil side, Second, the bad within each of us is worse than that which is outside of us and that the fear of being found out can actually lead to being found out The narrator is not named anywhere in the story. When the narrator is the protagonist and tells the story from a personal account it makes the overall impact of the story more vivid.
For Dalrymple, the overdose is the easiest way to relieve the crisis in their lives. I see the nature of the suicides and attempted suicides in the U.S. as being part of a greater philosophical debate. It is the question which was so often debated by such existentialist philosophers like Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sarte, and Franz Kafka. They argued that when life breaks down to the point where it is rendered meaningless, the only question that is left, is whether or not to commit suicide. I feel that the absurd reality that surrounds the youth of our present day underclass, while not absolving them of any responsibility for their actions, can be viewed as viable source of the crisis.
However, a recent review of research found surprisingly little experimental evidence to support this hypothesis. Despite having a strong belief in the cycle of violence, there have been problems in previous studies that have made it difficult to get conclusions about the long-term consequences of early childhood victimization. These problems include the lack of a control group against which the abused and neglected group could be compared. Another problem is the retrospective design of the studies, requiring the researcher to rely on ability to remember details about their early childhood. Improving on past work, this study (done by sociology professors at Carleton University) included a relatively clear definition of abuse and neglect; a prospective design in which the development of children was followed rather than traced backward in time; a large sample group; a control group matched as closely as possible in age, sex, race and approximate social class background; and an assessment of the long-term consequences of abuse and neglect beyond adolescence and juvenile court and into adulthood.
Exposing violence in the media teaches bad morals and is not supported by the greater good of society. In the show “24”, the main character, Jack Bauer is effective and powerful in saving America, by using torturing methods. The message sent is, “..as long as the tortures manage to choose the correct victim…those who know a lot and those who know a little spill... information within seconds after pain starts-which is not a common occurrence”(Cusac 140). The show makes scenarios look so unrealistic, that you can’t determine what the truth is and what is make belief. Some may say, “Its unfair competition.
It is this nature that is often the root cause of reckless activity as there is no way for the psychopath to infer the ramifications of his actions prior to commitment to the action. The development of modern neuroimaging techniques have enabled investigation of this hypothesis. Yang and colleagues studied the volume of prefrontal gray and white matter in psychopaths, using structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in 16 unsuccessful psychopaths, 13 successful psychopaths and 23 control subjects (Yang et al., 2005). “Successful” and “unsuccessful” psychopaths were defined as psychopathic individuals that had evaded conviction for their crimes and those that had been convicted, respectively. All were assessed for psychopathic tendencies by use of the PCL-R.