The following documentation describes the case of a cunning, manipulative, selfish and sociopathic individual known by the name of Ted Bundy and his relation to anti-social personality disorder. Theodore Bundies psychotic behavior and extreme motives and cognition provide an amazing look into the mind of an intellectual psychopath while contributing a shocking piece of history in American criminology. As the history, behavior and diagnosis, of the individual is analyzed, the disorder that the individual is stated to posses is taken into account and better comprehended through the following case study.
Theodore Bundy was born on the 24th of November, 1946 in the city of Burlington located in Vermont. He never knew his biological father, and stated that he was unable to remember ever thinking about where or who his father was (Chapman & Weaver, 2009). However he did remember his grandfather taking his fathers place as a male figure in his earliest years as a toddler. After the disappointing relocation without his grandfather with other members of his family, he eventually gained five other siblings throughout his life. Although Ted Bundy idolized his first grade teacher he despised his second grade teacher possibly for punishing him (Chapman & Weaver, 2009). By age 7 Bundy already felt a self described separate disturbance that would eventually manifest in urges to murder (Chapman & Weaver, 2009) . Bundy did very well in middle and high school academically and the few friends he made where due to his political hobbies and efforts (Chapman & Weaver, 2009).
[...] Brain dysfunction, especially in the frontal lobe and learning deficit abilities also have the possibility of advocated in sociopathy (Mohl, 2013). The emotional components of psychotic behavior or better described as the lack of emotional components include the inability to sympathize with others, narcissistic tendencies, lack of strong emotion and lack of moral judgment (Torr, 2008) . Cognitively, a sociopath thinks about solely their goals and motives and how they can achieve these ambitions through using other individuals as manipulative tools. [...]
[...] Anti-social Personality Disorder: The Case of Ted Bundy Anti-social Personality Disorder: The Case of Ted Bundy The following documentation describes the case of a cunning, manipulative, selfish and sociopathic individual known by the name of Ted Bundy and his relation to anti-social personality disorder. Theodore Bundies psychotic behavior and extreme motives and cognition provide an amazing look into the mind of an intellectual psychopath while contributing a shocking piece of history in American criminology. As the history, behavior and diagnosis, of the individual is analyzed, the disorder that the individual is stated to posses is taken into account and better comprehended through the following case study. [...]
[...] In conclusion, Ted Bundy was diagnosed with anti-social behavior disorder and is infamous for his notorious actions in the 1970's. Even while incarcerated he managed to manipulate many individuals as well as the system to his benefit. As a sociopathic individual, biological, emotional, cognitive and behavioral factors all contributed towards his actions. The comprehension of these structures involved can help the resolution future issues be pertaining to the sanity and justification of individual's behavior. References Chapman, M. R., & Weaver, L. K. (2009). Case Studies in Abnormal Behavior (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education. Mohl, A. [...]
[...] An individual with anti-social behavior disorder behaves selfishly, sometimes on impulse, manipulatively, and in many cases, charmingly. Sociopaths often have hidden agendas that require secretive actions in order to prevent being stopped or punished for such behavior. Moral norms, feelings of guilt and other's reasoning are not nearly enough to stop or prevent the actions of a sociopath. A sociopathic individual is often able to convince others that they are not wrong at all for their actions, if they are caught without any way of lying about the ordeal (Torr, 2008). [...]
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