Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

ANTH > ANTH - Multiple murderers > Flashcards

ANTH - Multiple murderers Flashcards

0
Q

What does killing mean to a mass murderer?

A

Constitutes a kind of suicide note. No longer desires to live.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
1
Q

What are two types of multiple murders?

A

Mass murderer

Serial killer

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

What 3 benefits do a serial killer’s murders provide them?

A

Revenge, control and notoriety/identity.
Often sexualized lust for vengeance power and control.
A place in society

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Define “Lustmord” (German)

A

Joy murders

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Defined displaced aggression

A

When instigator attacks other safe targets when the actual target is unreachable

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Define repressed aggression

A

Consequence of withdrawal (when attacking a safe target) in the face of aggression or fear of retaliation by someone who is stronger

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Who was Konrad Lorenz?

A

Founder of ecology.
Believed that intraspecific aggression is Vital to fermenting the evolutionary process.
“Lethal tooth and claw”

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

What 4 general aspects that define a mass murderer?

A
  1. Someone who kills number of people at one time (For no apparent reason)
  2. Victims fall somewhere in between close relatives and stranger
  3. Perceives his victims as having attributes which torment him
  4. Tend to die during/immediately after their personalized and conservative “social protest”
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What 6 generalized aspects that define a serial killer?

A
  1. Person who kills a number Of people over a period of time, where each kill is a discrete episode.
  2. Often taken into society and enjoy a certain celebrity status.
  3. Almost always clinically insane/mad
  4. Usually white males (Single murders are just as often blacks and women)
  5. Almost all are cunning and extremely intelligent
  6. likely adopted, illegitimate, institutionalized, suffer from a lack of identity. Social status means a great deal.
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Three contemporary approaches to the serial killing problem

A
  1. Biogenetic/physiological
  2. Psychological
  3. Sociological
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

What is the difference between the biogenetic and Psychological approaches vs The sociological approach in viewing the events of the individual?

A

Biogenetics focuses on the events of the individual while
Sociology explores the actions of the individual by reference to events and conditions occurring in the society or culture

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

What does Havelock Ellis say the determining factors are in the behaviours of an individual?

A

Physiological. But didn’t downplay the social factors.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

What did Havelock Ellis Say about the nature of the dangerously aggressive criminal?

A

The dangerously aggressive criminal behavior is caused by a biological or physiological disease.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

What are the 3 categories in which Havelock Ellis classifies the criminal?

A
  1. Instinctive criminal
  2. occasional criminal
  3. Habitual criminal
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Describe the “instinctive criminal”

A

Victim of the disease of criminality. Born criminal.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Describe the “occasional criminal”

A

Actions are born out of necessity Or momentary opportunity.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

What constitutes a single murder (In comparison to multiple murders)?

A

Close relationship to victim (relative)

or victim completely unknown. (Robbery)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

3 Examples biologists might give for studying aggressive behaviour.

A
  1. Brain dysfunction/disease (Encephalitis lethargica) a morbid spot in violent criminals.
  2. XYY chromosome (Where Y chromosome influences hormonal distribution)
  3. Phrenology / physiognomy. Body types (Prone to criminality - Or bias of society)
18
Q

What is the main problem when studying aggression through biogenetics?

A

Ignores cultural relativity

19
Q

How does the psychological approach try to explain criminal acts?

A

By examining predispositions of mental events - Cause and effects. Looking back Down the chain to see what brought about the effect.

20
Q

What is a psychopath?

A

A chronically antisocial individual who is always in trouble, Profiting from neither experience or punishment, maintaining no real loyalties.
Lack of emotional maturity responsibility judgment and rationalizing behavior
Egocentric. Views others as objects.

21
Q

2 types of psychopaths

A
  1. Passive parasitic psychopath

2. Aggressive predatory psychopath

22
Q

What is a passive parasitic psychopath

A

Appears as a helpless individual In need

23
Q

What is an aggressive predatory psychopath?

A

One whose needs are fulfilled at the expense of someone else

24
Q

What are two tests used to help develop understanding of the mind of mass murderers?

A
  1. Rorschach ink blot test

2. Thematic apperception test

25
Q

What are two distinct types of serial killers?

A
  1. Paranoid schizophrenia

2. Sexual sadist

26
Q

Define paranoid schizophrenia

A

Individuals are directed into action by a psychosis in which they hear voices telling them what to do. (Delusions of grandeur, fear of persecution, desire religious beliefs)

27
Q

Describe a sexual sadist

A

Act of gross hatred against one’s desired sexual object
Someone who achieves sexual gratification by engaging in abnormal sexual acts which includes the torture and mutilation of people

28
Q

Describe Freud’s theory of the “castration complex”

A

Learning that females do not have a penis. Becomes anxious that he might lose his. Fears he will be castrated by his father in rivalry for his mother’s affection. This fate can be avoided by renouncing the affection for his mother.
Sadism and masochism our defense mechanisms against the castration complex

29
Q

How does the American culture view violence? (Leyton)

A

Nothing is so distinctive and American culture as it’s continued assertion of the nobility and beauty of violence.

30
Q

What does Layton believe serial killers are orchestrating within their society?

A

I kind of social level. Rewriting the universe to incorporate themselves.

31
Q

Who are multiple murderers

A

Anyone who kills more than one person

32
Q

Why do multiple mutderers often use sexual Assault in their crimes?

A

As a secondary horrifying “topping” to make vengeance more powerful/outrageous

33
Q

What kind of childhood do many multiple murderers share?

A

Illegitimate, adopted, displaced. Suffer from a lack of Identity.

34
Q

What are six notions that America has encoded its citizens with. That have led to the rise in killers?

A
  1. Violence has an intoxicating beauty and nobility
  2. Man must personally avenge his dishonor
  3. It’s acceptable to demean or abuse any vulnerable class, gender, or ethnic group.
  4. That wealth, power and prestige are everything that matters
  5. Winning is glorious and losing is shameful
  6. The suffering of others is their fault not ours.
35
Q

What does Layton highlight as the most influential element in cultivating violent aggression?

A

The media.

36
Q

What did the the coming of industry change within society and communities?

A

Led to alienation and the disintegration of scruples (indirectly)
Harsh competition for basic employment and nations transformed members into winners and losers.

37
Q

List 6 Social forces within society that began to transform neighbors into strangers

A
  1. Class-based industrial nations transformed members into winners and losers
  2. More competition than ever for industry employment
  3. Construction of extended family
  4. Expansion of the anonymous city And it’s suburbs
  5. Geographic mobility of individual family units
  6. Disintegration of marriage and parenthood
38
Q

What issues do the media present our culture when reporting (or otherwise presenting) violence?

A

Risks glamorizing and rewarding violence. And creating a culture that glamorizes and rewards violence

39
Q

How does America view murderers?

A

Overall, they are more valued, and certainly more admired, then their victims.

40
Q

Describe Laytons argument for the substantial increase in america’s production of multiple murderers

A

Industry let to job competition. More were making a good living, and so birthed the bourgeoisie. A culture that values independence not community. And measures success by wealth, power and prestige.

42
Q

What seems to be the characteristic of all multiple murderers?

A

Alienated . Extremely Class conscious, see lives as unendurable due to their failed ambition.
Due to background of poverty, illegitimacy, adoption, etc.

43
Q

What are the 2 major differences between a mass murderer and a serial killer?

A

Mass - killed right away,
serial - live to enjoy their desired celebrity
Mass - killings occur over a short period of time (as one incident) .
Serial - distinctly separate murders over a period of time

43
Q

What is a major social factor in an individual’s life that characterizes killers?

A

being touched by a person or institution that renders their life bearable. Offers a life of “quiet desperation” in place of “massive refusal of self”.

ANTH (3 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions