Are murderers a product of our society and can they be held responsible for their actions? I'm going to answer this in two parts. Murders are not a product of our society. Our world may not always be kind or pure, but it gives no one the right to go out and kill others. People say that they were raised in a bad home or abu

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e and is not punished or is glorified by their peers, it would increase the frequency of the activity. Reinforcers of this conditioning, would be anything that increase the activity; such as a criminal making more money, or a gang member receiving a higher status. Acquisition increases the rate of behavior. Extinction would by the decrease as the reinforces are withheld. Spontaneous recovery would be the same as classical conditioning, when the behavior starts again after a period of rest. A theory that may apply would be the Learned Helplessness, where the subject doesn't attempt to escape, because they feel it is impossible. Examples of this would again be a gang member or a criminal where they feel they have no where else to turn, so they continue in this deviant behavior.

The murderer may not be able to cope with emotion. They many have a defense mechanism to control emotion, it would seem inappropriate, but in the case of a murderer, it would be the death of another.

War? This is a concept that I am somewhat familiar with, not hat I have been in battle, but I was is the military and activated for Desert Storm/Desert Shield. When your go in the Army everyone goes through basic training. We are all taught that same thing; How To Be A Soldier. You are given an M16 and told it was your "friend". Well for many people I know that became reality. Many reservist were called up to fight during the Gulf War and had to use their "friend." Most of them never thought they would have to use the M16, let alone, every be in a combat situation. This did become a reality. It seems to come down to kill or be killed. The United States become involved to help the Helpless. The "enemy" was fully aware of the power of the U.S., yet they took their chances, even with the possibility of death.

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