Psychology Flashcards
Jeffrey Dahmer
-drugged
- strangled
- detached body parts
-ate the victims
-thrill of killing
what is psychology?
-the study of the human mind and its mental states
-the way our brain works
schools of thought
- psychodynamic theory
- behavioural psychologists
- humanist
- cognitive
psychodynamic theory
- an approach to therapy that focuses on resolving a patients conflicted conscious and unconscious feelings
theorist: Sigmund Freud
- well known for his conception of human consciousness: the id, the ego, and the super ego
theorist: Karen Horney
- argued that women were pushed by society and culture to depend on men
theorist: Carl Jung
- to understand motivation based on the conscious and unconscious mind
Area: The Psychology of Dreams
- discovery of rapid eye movement is shown to be important in helping us consolidate the days important events
Behavioural psychologists
- another branch of psychology that was common in the first half of the twentieth century
theorist: Ivan Pavlov
- studied the digestive system
- did research with dogs, dogs would drool when given food, but then they started to notice the dog would drool at other times aswell
B.F. Skinner
- used rats and pigeons to study how the use of rewards and punishment can influence behaviour
Impact of behaviourism
- behaviour can be controlled using positive and negative reinforcement methods
Humanist
- believe that the client should be very involved in his or her own recovery rather then relying only on the therapists interpretation of the issues
characteristics of a serial killer
- personality disorders
- predatory aggression/disoder
- manipulative
- no remorse
- a need for control
- Traumatic childhood
- vain and narcissistic
serial killers…
- kill three or more people within thirty days
- have a cooling off period between killings
serial killers are commonly…
- white males mid 20s to 30s
- low self esteem
- average to high intelligence
visionary motive
-have psychotic breaks
-voices tell them to kill
mission oriented
-feel the need to rid the world of undesirable people
-try to better society
thrill oriented
-induce pain and terror
-get a rush from killing
-murder only for the thrill
lust killer
-sex is the primary goal
-get sexual pleasure from torturing their victim
gain killer
-kill for personal gain
eg. money, basic needs
what is psychology?
the study of the human mind and its mental state
psychologists from the past believe that the human was influenced by:
the four humours
