Option 4: Forensic Psychology Literature Handout 

Option 4: Forensic Psychology Literature Handout 

A handout is a short summary of essential information indicated for the population defined in the assignment.  It needs to have an introduction and conclusion, headings, and APA formatted citations and references.  All the rubric requirements apply.

Select an infamous serial killer and perform an analysis of this individual’s motivation, in terms of at least two of the four learning theories.

 

Prepare a 3 page handout for police officers, explaining the behavior of serial killers in terms of established learning theories and theories of motivation.

 

Address the following in your handout:

 

• Identification of intrinsic and extrinsic rewards in the killers’ behaviors
• Demonstration of application of theory-based motivation (expectancy-value,self-worth, social comparison, and so forth) for how serial killers may have been motivated to learn such violent behavior