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Bad And Good Guy: Why People Can Be A Cold Blooded Murderer?

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Nora Nadya 111711133115 Biopsikologi Perilaku C-1 Draft II (Group 1) Topic: Bad and Good Guy: Why people can be a cold blooded murderer? Cold-Blooded Murderer: Are they genetically inherited? Did you ever hear about cold-blooded murderer cases? Not only in novels or movies but the real cold-blooded murderer cases that were actually happened in real life. For example, the case of Ryan from Jombang, East Java. He was known killed 11 people and he even mutilated his victims in 2008. He buried his victims in his backyard. If you heard about that case, you will be probably wondering why someone can do something terrible to other human beings. Are they mentally ill? Or there are any external factors that could be the motives behind …show more content…

But, before labeling them as a psychopath, we should understand and investigate how are psychopaths actually are. Psychopath is from the word psyche that means soul and the word pathos that means disease. Psychopathy is a developmental disorder marked by emotional deficits and an increased risk for antisocial behavior. It is not equivalent to the diagnosis Antisocial Personality Disorder, which concentrates only on the increased risk for antisocial behavior and not a specific cause—ie, the reduced guilt and empathy that constitutes the emotional deficit (Blair, 2013). Psychopath is symptoms of abnormalities that considered as a dangerous behavior and make people feel bothered. But the term “psychopath” that is already known in the society was not found in the Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (DSM) IV, which means that psychopath is not listed in the lists of disease, disorder, or mental illness to psychiatrists in the United States of America. Psychopath belongs to dissocial personality classification. According to Charles Montaldo, the writer of the article “Characteristics of the Psychopathic Personality,” stated that a psychopath is not capable of feeling empathy, remorse, or guilt for his actions. He is generally manipulative and cunning. He knows the difference between wrong and right but refuses it as not applying to him. A psychopath is also not capable of feeling normal emotions like …show more content…

According to Kirkman, cold-blooded murderers or psychopaths had not enough chances to develop their emotion optimally. Children who did not well-educated and lack of nurturance from their parents could not develop their control of emotion and they will lack empathy feeling, and they will not have any conscience. In other words, they will become a people with psychopathy personality. La Brode in 2007, stated that cold-blooded murderers have experienced traumatic childhood experiences, such as physical or sexual abuse. When they were a child, they had lack of nurturance and attachment, especially with their

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