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    The document discusses the nature vs nurture debate in serial murders. It explores whether serial killers are biologically predisposed through factors like testosterone and dopamine levels or shaped by their environment. Nature arguments point to biological traits while nurture examines how lack of empathy or modeling violent behavior from mentors, as in social learning theory, could turn someone into a serial killer. The document analyzes theories of mind and social learning theory in the context of the serial murder nature vs nurture debate.

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    VIVA VOCE

    Isaiah Mohanadas
    INVESTIGATING THE NATURE AND
    NURTURE DEBATE IN SERIAL MURDERS AND
    DETERMINING WHICH IS MORE PROMINENT
    SERIAL MURDERS

    • Classic serial murders v. Spree murders


    • Classic serial murders – Grudge / Vengeance
    • Act out fantasies
    NATURE V. NURTURE DEBATE

    • Nature: individual is biologically predisposed to becoming a serial killer


    • Nurture: environment and circumstance is what turns an individual into
    becoming a serial killer
    NATURE

    • Testosterone
    • Dopamine
    • Shrunken amygdala
    NURTURE

    • Theory of Mind
    • Social Learning Theory
    THEORY OF MIND

    • Helps us understand other people


    • Understand intent
    • Provides ability to interpret the behavior of others
    • Some individuals may lack ToM
    • Lack of empathy
    SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY

    • Albert Bandura (1977)


    • Asserts that a persons behavior can be influenced by their environment
    • Someone the individual sees as a mentor or idol, tend to model behaviour to
    that
    SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY APPLIED

    • Henry Lee Lucas


    • Frequently abused as a child, and observed others being abused by mother
    • Mother asked him to do various things related to violence
    THANK YOU

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