The Social Sciences Psychology: how individuals behave Anthropology: how culture affects us Sociology: how organizations work The Social Issue

Dark Knight Shooting What would a psychologist would ask? What would a sociologist ask? What would an anthropologist ask?

Dark Knight Shooting A psychologist would ask: What was his relationship with his family like? What was he like as a child? Has he shown any symptoms of mental illness? What type of personality would he say he has? What type of personality would others say he has? Had he experienced abuse, neglect or trauma in the past? What have his adult relationships been like? A sociologist would ask: What was his status at work? What was his family’s socio- economic position growing up? How could his interactions with the media be characterized? How could his education career be characterized? Were there system failures within organizations that allowed this crime to occur? What are the links between gender and this type of violence? An anthropologist would ask: Why are humans driven to hunt when they aren’t hungry? Is there a “gun culture” that allowed this crime to occur? Did he practice a religion? Have spiritual beliefs that may give insight in to behaviour/motive? Are these types of killing culture- specific? (are they a ‘Western’ or modern phenomenon? ) Is there a historical precedent? Are there racial- or ethnic - specific aspects to these types of killings

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