https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo Focus on psychology en-us 2019-05-07 13:23:23 UTC 2026-02-23 15:58:43 UTC hello@padlet.com mhenchen1 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/357611097 2019-05-07 13:34:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/357611097 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/361179028 Media coverage gives attention to the shooter whether that is intended or not. This can motivate people to do things simply to be known.

]]> 2019-05-17 13:47:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/361179028 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/361182624 This is when the three parts of your brain (upper primate, emotional mammalian, and reptilian "fight or flight") become locked together to focus on one thing. This hyper focus means they are mentally unable to focus on anything but that one goal. If the person's mission is to seek revenge or hurt others this can be very dangerous.]]> 2019-05-17 13:55:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/361182624 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362210244 The United States has more small arms than any other country in the world. The most recent Small Arms survey estimates there are 857 million civilian firearms in the world and 393 million of those are in U.S. civilian hands.]]> 2019-05-21 16:14:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362210244 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362212486 The heart of American culture is freedom and individualism (capitalism). The radical version of this is that the pursuit of freedom can happen at the expense of others. This can lead to unnecessary individualism and lack of working together.  “Moreover, without shared common purpose, we lose our sense of self-worth. And this has hastened the toxification of masculinity over the past decades.”

]]> 2019-05-21 16:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362212486 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362212747 The "American Dream" is a big factor in the typical violence of young to middle aged white men. They've been told that if they put in the work and pay their dues to society, society will repay them. But this often doesn't happen; economically or otherwise these men feel like society is betraying them, so they lash out against the masses. ]]> 2019-05-21 16:20:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362212747 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362214321 Ciara Mead
The majority of shootings are done by white males. Which begs the question why? A lot of attention has also been placed upon mental health in the US, and our laws around gun control. ]]> 2019-05-21 16:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362214321 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362214441 2019-05-21 16:24:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362214441 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362214528 In 2014 the total value of small arms imported to the U.S. was around 2.2 billion which is 1.7 billion more than the next highest country. There is a massive market for small arms especially in the U.S.]]> 2019-05-21 16:24:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362214528 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362214594 I know this is a Wikipedia sight but it lists all of the school shootings in America starting in the 1850's to the present day. From looking at this never ending list, I noticed all names listed were men. Also more shootings were located in the southern states. Lots of shootings occurred way earlier than I would expect so this idea of shooting in a school isn't new at all. ]]> 2019-05-21 16:24:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362214594 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362215146 2019-05-21 16:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362215146 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362215488 Men have this distorted view of what it means to be a man. This is stemmed from our capitalist society and need to be individual. Men are loosing their self purpose and this is leading to the primal nature to become violent. ]]> 2019-05-21 16:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362215488 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362216244 One commonality among many school shooters is that they advertised their intentions beforehand, whether in journals or even on social media. As they write about what they want to do, they make it more real to themselves, perhaps psyching themselves up to do the deed. These signs can be seen and action can be taken beforehand to prevent more shootings.]]> 2019-05-21 16:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362216244 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362216676 In the US 2000-2017 9 out of 250 mass shooting incidents were done by females. This article argues that the majority of school shootings are done by men like the majority of homicides because evolution wise females are more likely to emphasize with people than men are. ]]> 2019-05-21 16:29:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362216676 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362217541 Colin]]> 2019-05-21 16:31:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362217541 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362218491 The photo and name of the culprit is often shared for days and weeks after the shooting. Showing the face and name of the killer, and following their story as it unfolds gives the media lots of attention and ends up making them lots of money. "Copy cats" see this coverage and fame, and being social outcasts they desire that attention. Often times they will try to get a higher kill count than the last shooter covered by the media.]]> 2019-05-21 16:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362218491 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362219629 2019-05-21 16:35:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362219629 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362220041 Short answer: absolutely. The percent of shootings by school sector is broken into 94% public schools and only 6% private schools. It's also a factor that there are many more public schools than private, but the percentage is still scary. ]]> 2019-05-21 16:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362220041 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362220919 Colin]]> 2019-05-21 16:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362220919 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362221571 We present six experiments that tested whether lacking control increases illusory pattern perception, which we define as the identification of a coherent and meaningful interrelationship among a set of random or unrelated stimuli. Participants who lacked control were more likely to perceive a variety of illusory patterns, including seeing images in noise, forming illusory correlations in stock market information, perceiving conspiracies, and developing superstitions. Additionally, we demonstrated that increased pattern perception has a motivational basis by measuring the need for structure directly and showing that the causal link between lack of control and illusory pattern perception is reduced by affirming the self. Although these many disparate forms of pattern perception are typically discussed as separate phenomena, the current results suggest that there is a common motive underlying them. Colin]]> 2019-05-21 16:39:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362221571 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362222342 the “truth” about the terror attacks in Paris was already taking shape online. Just hours after the last shots, one YouTube user explained what had happened in a video that has since been viewed more than 110,000 times. Colin]]> 2019-05-21 16:41:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362222342 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362222781 https://science.sciencemag.org/content/322/5898/115]]> 2019-05-21 16:42:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362222781 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362223075 https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/why-conspiracy-theories-are-so-popular-and-how-our-suspicious-minds-look-for-big-causes-for-big-a6738316.html]]> 2019-05-21 16:42:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362223075 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362223791 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZtM21iqTos  colin]]> 2019-05-21 16:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362223791 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362223948 Mental health doesn't cause school shootings but it is a risk factor. Mental health problems tend to make it harder to cope with stress. People with mental health issues turn to violence and suicide when they feel that they are alone and no one is there to help them when they need support. ]]> 2019-05-21 16:44:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362223948 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362225683 They’re just normal people- but who are involved in an online community, usually of white supremacists. People who already felt like the world was against them based off of societal, (embarrassment, rejection, trauma,) environmental, (who they’re raised by, where they’re raised, whether or not their parents get divorced,) and sometimes genetic factors, now empowered by an echo-chamber of racist gamers wallowing in their own thoughts and self-pity. Their community encourages their behavior and validates their ideas- sometimes going so far as to tell them how to execute their plan. ]]> 2019-05-21 16:48:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362225683 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362226367 (second source)]]> 2019-05-21 16:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362226367 mhenchen1 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362914272 "Disenfranchised at work, robbed of their opportunity—men are angry. They’re looking for answers elsewhere and finding them in demagoguery: the venom spat up each night on Fox News. They’re finding it in extremist, far-right groups’ scapegoating. In their tirades against democracy, men have seen vindication in their hatred towards women, migrants, and minorities."]]> 2019-05-23 13:13:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362914272 mhenchen1 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362914985 "The philosopher Byung-Chul Han states that under neoliberalism, “Every individual is master and slave in one. This also means that class struggle has become an internal struggle with oneself. Today, anyone who fails to succeed blames themselves and feels ashamed.”"]]> 2019-05-23 13:15:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362914985 mhenchen1 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362915693 "White domestic terrorists like Timothy McVey and Anders Brevik are “united by a ‘narrative of victimhood and the heroic struggle between the faithful and the unfaithful, the authentic and inauthentic,’” (George Monbiot, Out of the Wrekage). In short, these madmen see themselves as saviors."]]> 2019-05-23 13:17:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362915693 mhenchen1 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362917143 "Americans have become frighteningly disconnected and alone. There are fewer Americans active in any group than there were in bowling leagues alone in 1970. The many millions of loners accumulating in the U.S. since the '70s tend to experience and define their disconnection as personal. Many think it is their fault that they cannot occupy a happy place of connection in the America they imagine is still there. They imagine that other people continue to find ways to connect. They feel adrift. They can come to resent those from whom they are slipping away."]]> 2019-05-23 13:20:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362917143 mhenchen1 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362918376 "The striking thing about many of the shootings from Columbine to the present was that it was white middle-class school shooters who tended to attack their victims indiscriminately, showing that alienation and violence is expanding through all classes, races, and sectors of contemporary U.S. society."]]> 2019-05-23 13:23:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362918376 mhenchen1 https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362918616 Narcissistic Rage
Alienation
Mental Instability
Rigid or Concrete Black/White Thinking
Easy access to guns
Glorification of violence
Toxic Masculinity]]> 2019-05-23 13:24:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mhenchen1/jcwjuaab2txo/wish/362918616