Into this world with these characteristics built genetically in us? When it comes to Psychopaths and their crazy tendencies, they are affected by society to make them who they are. Since a very young age, when humans are still developing and are not considered mature yet, people around them and what they interact with drastically changes their behavior. For example, Ted Bundy, a well-known murderer and rapist who approximately killed 30 women in his life, has admitted on an interview before he was killed that his childhood may have had an effect to him. “He said that the ‘hard-core’ pornography that he was exposed to could take responsibility for the murders.
Brain scans can be used to help diagnose some disorders. Furthermore, the genes we are born with, from our parents, provide the blueprint for our bodies and brains. A slight abnormality in our genes can affect the functioning of our brains. Also to operate properly the brain relies on hundreds of chemicals to operate in the correct balance, these chemicals are used to send messages around the brain. Therefore if there are chemical imbalances abnormality may occur, for example low levels of serotonin are linked to depression and schizophrenia is linked with high levels of dopamine.
The researchers in this literature review focused mainly on self-reported brain injury in violent offenders as a way to determine the correlation between brain injury and crime. In these studies, individuals were given questionnaires that consisted of inquiries about past TBI, criminal behavior, substance abuse, and other
Why men rape Men rape not for sex but for control. Rape is an assault by a person using sexual intercourse or sexual invasion of another person without their consent. Rape is considered a serious sex crime, as well as a civil assault. Men who become rapist grow up in an environment where they are battered, molested, or see their mothers or siblings being abused. Therefore their freedoms are taken away in their childhood and teen years because they are unable to help or get out of the situation.
But this type of knowledge is hard to observe, because psychologists(researchers) have to find brain damaged patients and persuade them to help their investigations as an experimental test subject. It is a situation which is rarely can be seen. But there are some evidences about how brain damage affects human behaviour and mental capacity. During the period that World War II continue, in march 1943, an officer called Zasetsky took a bullet into his brain. After this event, the neuropsychologist A. R. Luria started to investigate the change which occured in his brain activities.
Biological theories provide many explanations for the causes of crime. Cesare Lombroso was regarded by many as the first proponent of the biological theory of crime. Lombroso worked as a prison physician, conducting numerous post mortems on criminals who had died. Lombroso theorised that criminals could be distinguished from non criminals by the presence of physical abnormalities that represented a reversion to a primitive or subhuman type of person. (Hagan.1987.P17) During one post mortem on the criminal Vilella, Lombroso discovered a depression in the back part of his skull.
This is how scientist have been able to come up with medication to treat mental illnesses like depression, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. They have proven that there is a connection with genes and chemical changes in the brain that causes theses illnesses in the mind but with the right treatment, it can adjust the changes and chases the illness away. What is the historical development of biological psychology? While psychology is very broad, it is important to know the history of biological psychology because some of the past experiences have shaped into this school of thought to what it is today by providing us with a better
The focus of the study was to identify common behaviors in the childhood upbringings of the serial killers. 28 of them exhibited behaviors such as “frequent daydreaming, compulsive masturbation, isolation, chronic lying, cruelty to children, running away, and cruelty to animals…27 of these serial killers showed traits for rebelliousness, stealing, poor body image, and temper tantrums”(Jones, 2000). John Wayne Gacy and Paul Rowles displayed several of these pre-indicating behaviors that shouldn’t have been disregarded. Both of these serial killers had previous arrests for sex crimes, but law enforcement didn’t act in an effective manner to keep them from
These theories will influence how professionals approach the person who is demonstrating unusual behavior that may or may not be a result of some disorder that can be diagnosed by the DSM-IV which is broken down into V Axis. As mentioned in the first paragraph of this paper there are six basic theories from which maladaptive behavior can be approached. The first is from the Biological Perspective. With Biological Perspective the Psychologist would consider what role a person's genes, DNA, or other physical defects play in the display of maladaptive behavior. Is a person exhibiting maladaptive behavior due to something genetic; or is it something neurological; something gone awry in the brain cells?
Research evidence using MRI Imaging is by Ashtari et al (2009). He used MRI to investigate whether marijuana substance abuse can damage brain development in adolescents and young adults. He scanned brains of 14 young heavy marijuana users and used 14 non-marijuana users as control group. In the results, the scans showed brain abnormalities in the frontal, parietal and temporal lobes of the brain for heavy marijuana users. The development of white matter was affected, and this could show information-processing in the brain.