Analysis Paper

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Introduction
The rationale for this activity is the activation of course knowledge with a real-world application of psychology of terrorism.

Activity This assignment is designed as an exercise in case conceptualization to develop your skill in reviewing and assessing an actual individual terrorist. The task is to present a comprehensive formulation which integrates etiology, theory, and research, as they apply to a specific person.

Choose one of the terrorists provided in the Resources links or in the handouts for this activity, or obtain approval for an individual not listed.

In a written report explain the following (use the bold text as headings in your paper):

Briefly summarize the background of the person, group members (if applicable), and description of terrorist activities or acts.
The external or environmental factors (social) that might be relevant in the etiology of the individual’s behavior.
The different psychological concepts or perspectives in your readings or independent research which might be applicable to this particular person and how they apply. You can choose one (or more) theory/theories and apply it to the case (e.g. psychology concepts, diagnosis and/or research – “this individual’s behavior may be a result of strong aggression and/or id impulses and a poorly developed Superego as described by Freud…” etc.). See readings or research and links for theory suggestions.What preventative actions or intervention/counterterrorism approaches may have made a difference in this individual’s case? Be sure to cite relevant literature if possible (hint: look at course texts).
References are expected for this case paper, but watch your use of web-page citations. Research articles and books as references will help you get more points. Wikipedia and other non-scholarly web sites are not acceptable references in an academic paper. One can use web-sites provided or government web-sites for the background research on the subject of your profile—but theory section references should be from good peer-reviewed references such as an academic book or articles (including readings and outside journal articles or books).
Remember these papers are to answer the question of “WHY” and “HOW” did this /group person do what they did? What caused it? What were the critical psychological events or processes that laid the foundation for their acts?
To complete this assignment, you will need to be concise in covering each of the above four items.

Writing Requirements (APA format)

8-10 pages (approx. 300 words per page), not including title page or references page
1-inch margins
Double spaced
12-point Times New Roman font
Title page with topic and name of student
References page (minimum of 1 outside resource)
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