Comparitve analysis texts by Payton Ofstehage

Rational

241348_4 — 2025-04-28 01:36:38 UTC

I chose this as one of my texts because it provides both true crime and the psychology behind it, which I am specifically interested in. The trailer explained that they show how they got to their answer through different psychological evidence.

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241348_4 — 2025-04-28 01:39:50 UTC

Reminds me of Criminal Minds, a show I have previously watched. They specifically look at the why of these killers and go into their minds to find out who this person is that they are looking for. In the first episode of Burden of Proof, they bring in a psychologist to look at the letter the missing girl wrote. He then goes into this letter and picks it apart ,looking at every single detail.

Question

241348_4 — 2025-04-28 01:41:28 UTC

How do they not let their bias in the show or in any criminal case get in the way of the final result? Even when looking for answers, it could be skewed in what you're looking for.

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241348_4 — 2025-04-28 01:44:58 UTC

In court, is this psychology taken seriously? Or is it rather taken with a grain of salt?

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241348_4 — 2025-05-05 16:46:36 UTC

Is there something we can do to change the thought processes of these killers? Or are they stuck with this need to kill constantly? I know different therapies and meds are used currently but I find it hard to tell that this thought process just goes away

Thought

241348_4 — 2025-05-05 16:47:48 UTC

This need to kill comes from trauma in childhood, is there something we could do to help prevent this or something we could do to reverse this through process they have.

Rational

241348_4 — 2025-05-07 16:43:45 UTC

I chose this because, as I was watching Burden of Proof, I wondered how these parents had all this anger in them and needed to kill their daughter. What was their past, and why did they turn to killing to solve this? This article explains the aim of the current research was to provide a new method for mapping the developmental sequences of serial killers’ life histories.

Graph of evidence

241348_4 — 2025-05-08 19:05:50 UTC

Thought

241348_4 — 2025-05-08 19:14:56 UTC

I love how you can also use this photo backward, say you find the body, you can trace it back to a killer.

Question

241348_4 — 2025-05-12 18:04:42 UTC

How can we use this evidence for the greater good? How can this knowledge help prevent deaths? I understand the helpful use for detectives as they look for these killers and how that could benefit the legal system.

Connection

241348_4 — 2025-05-12 18:19:22 UTC

For my law and legal class, I visited the bail court, where there was bail for a second-degree murder. They stated that he had the education of a 6th grader, which got me thinking about how he got into the position where he felt like he had to hurt someone intentionally. Does your level of education or the way you grew up have mostly to do with this?

Link

241348_4 — 2025-05-13 18:17:06 UTC

Link

241348_4 — 2025-05-13 18:17:43 UTC

Rational

241348_4 — 2025-05-13 23:34:41 UTC

I chose this text because I was looking for some answers in how this research could help people to change their ways and stop killing to help better their community and society. They explain how oxytocin is what allows us to have social relationships with others could help them have more empathy, if they have childhood trauma this pathway could be messed up and therefore disrupt these processes.

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241348_4 — 2025-05-13 23:40:27 UTC

I took psychology in the beginning of this year and we talked a lot about the nature vs nurture debate. In my opinion and as well as other psychologists opinions, a lot of this need to kill comes from your environment, aka nurture.

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241348_4 — 2025-05-13 23:43:34 UTC

How could oxytocin fix something that was created through your environment/ nurture?

Question

241348_4 — 2025-05-13 23:59:13 UTC

Is there a way we could alter this pathway after its already been disrupted?

Link

241348_4 — 2025-05-19 17:44:15 UTC

Rational

241348_4 — 2025-05-19 18:06:53 UTC

From "Childhood Trauma and Aggression in Persons Convicted of Homicide", I found that oxytocin can be the root of their lack of compassion. This intrigued me to learn more about this hormone and the other biological effects of having that pathway disrupted.

Connection

241348_4 — 2025-05-20 17:50:23 UTC

According to this article, with the destruction of your oxytocin pathway, this can result in major depression as well as autism. I have a family member that is greatly affected by depression so if there was a way we could correct this, it would affect so many lives including loved ones surrounding those with depression.

Question

241348_4 — 2025-05-20 17:51:07 UTC

Is there a way to correct this pathway, either manually or through mental practices?

Link

241348_4 — 2025-05-21 23:19:37 UTC

file:///Users/241348/Downloads/the_neurobiological_impact_of_oxytocin_in_mental.51.pdf

Rational

241348_4 — 2025-05-21 23:23:46 UTC

One of my biggest questions form my previous article was more on what we can do with this information that we have on oxytocin and what those affects lead to. WIth the help of this article, it explains that there may be medical practices or therepies that we could look furtherr into in order to help people with schitzofrenia, depression, ADHD, etc.

Question

241348_4 — 2025-05-21 23:24:47 UTC

Is this changing of the oxytocin pathway only able to happen in childhood because that is usually where that problem occurs from?

Connection/ Question

241348_4 — 2025-05-21 23:28:00 UTC

I hads been talking to my CIS Psychology teacher the other day and he mentioned the different ways you can increase your oxitocin levels. The main one he talked to me about was simply shaking someones hand. Does this mean people that have low oxytocin levels are not able to get an increase of these levelsw through a handshake like others?