The Case Study of Ted Bundy Theresa Matson PSY410 November 7‚ 2011 Nichelle J. Gause‚ LPC‚ NCC The Case Study of Ted Bundy Ted Bundy was a charismatic‚ handsome person‚ while at the same time he was a pathological liar and one of the country’s worst serial killers. His life was headed for trouble from very early on‚ an unstable home life‚ interest in crimes‚ killing and sexual assault‚ and feeling alone and forgotten. His low socioeconomic status was cause for concern for him and his
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Theodore (Ted) Bundy is a male born November 24‚ 1946. Ted studied Psychology and Law in college (Ted Bundy‚ 2017). Ted obtained a college education and a religious education‚ although he opposed Christian beliefs. He was active in political roles. His primary caregiver was his mother‚ no known knowledge of paternal farther. His mother Eleanor was shamed for having Ted unwedded. As a child Ted was told he was his mother’s sister and was raised by is grandparents (Biography.com). Ted is diagnosed
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psychological perspectives the actions of the serial killer‚ Ted Bundy‚ can be analysed and an incentive for his crimes can be inferred. Through the behavioral perspective‚ motives for Ted Bundy’s murders can be observed and linked to anything that he was exposed to. Ted Bundy’s mother‚ Louise Cowell‚ was unmarried when she had Bundy. To avoid the humiliation that was usually associated with birth out of wedlock‚ Bundy’s maternal
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Ted bundy was a natural born serial killer and rapist during the 1970’s‚ and claimed to be involved in over 100 killings throughout 7 states in the u.s. With the devious mind he had possessed throughout his famous career as a serial killer‚ he often had no reason for suspicion and lived a happy life alone. Soon after his first killings‚ ted had developed a specific pattern of victims‚ and way of killing them. The fun bundy had been experiencing was about to be over‚ while sexually assaulting his
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Ted Bundy and Joshua Boren; on opposite ends of the moral spectrum yet both ended their lives with the title murderer. Ted Bundy a psychopath slighted by the love of his life‚ started his journey to become one of the most renowned serial killers in Americas history eventually finding his way to Utah where he would brutally murder and rape 7 girls and attempt an 8th‚ carol DaRonch the only girl to ever escape. By contrast Joshua Boren a respected police officer ended his life after ending the lives
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Ted Bundy his killings on a Drive-Reduction Theory Ted Bundy was a serial killer in the 1970s‚ in Florida. He grew up in normal Christian loving home with five brothers and sisters. There was no drinking‚ drug use‚ or any such things round the house. Growing up Ted considered himself a “normal” kid. As Ted grew into his teens‚ he started having desirers of something more. Ted felt something was missing. He had a yearning for a release. Ted soon found his relief in store
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social attributes of Ted Bundy: As a child‚ Ted was terribly shy‚ self-doubting and uncomfortable in social situations. He was teased all the time and made the butt of pranks by bullies in his junior high school. he was not like other children‚ he looked and acted like them‚ but he was haunted by a fear...a doubt. sometimes only a vague uneasiness that inhabited his mind with the subtlety of a cat. ted felt it for years‚ but he didn’t recognize it for what it was until much later. Regardless of
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He was highly educated having attended both college and law school‚ and was considered to be extremely charming which he used to lure his victims. Bundy planned his crimes carefully‚ using a guise of being injured to lure young women who he then murdered. Ted left no evidence except for the physical‚ and likely would not have been caught if he hadn’t been pulled over by chance after committing a murder. 5. Holmes and Holmes identify 8 types of mass
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1. Introduction This study provides the psychological/psychiatric theories and disorders employed to account for serial killing which include Freudian psychoanalytic and personality disorders of the serial murderers. This paper presents the exploration of the theories behind the phenomena and offers solutions consequently. The reason behind this selection of the topic is not the personal interests but to explore the issue of true crime which looked at the individual murderers and offered the explanations
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serial killers in their lifetime! One of the most notorious serial killers was Ted Bundy. Ted Bundy was born November twenty fourth‚ nineteen forty six in Burlington‚ Vermont and died in Florida State Prison. He was convicted of murdering 38 women‚ one being 12 year old‚ Kimberly Leach. Ted Bundy was an intelligent and charming man (“Crime Museum”) with a deadly downfall that lead to his ultimate demise. Looking at Ted Bundy’s life‚ aspirations‚ and intelligence‚ no one would have guessed he was
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