The primary behavioral and psychological factors associated with disengagement can be seen through the factors that initiated radicalism initially. Like studied in our class the previous week; radicalism is generated through the individuals perspective of feeling injustice. First, injustice is when individuals perceive their actions are restrained and a fair trial is not given. Second, social or group dynamic behaviors and or media are important factors that could push the individual to the final level of commitment. First, injustice such as the bombing of alleged innocent Iraqi during the offensive against Iraq could result in the radicalism of innocent Iraq citizens. The feeling of vengeance is human nature, therefore terrorist organizations
Lastly, the pros of the disengagement theory includes the ability for individuals to prepare themselves for the isolation they will experience as they begin to age and also allow many individuals the time to grieve the loss of those closest to them. As time change, a progression of society is also introduced. This begins to introduce new ideas and customs that the elderly cannot associate with. This eventually leads them to distance themselves from society and focus on a life of solidarity. This isolation allows many elderly to process and grieve the loss of dear loved ones. Elderly women who outlive their spouses have higher levels of depression compared to the men who lose their wives. A con of the disengagement theory includes the idea that
• Case manager plans at the start of engagement to leave the client with the tools to complete his or her goals.
¨¨Ahh!¨ Everyone screamed while riding the Texas Giant at Six Flags. The drop was the scariest part and I wasn’t sure I wanted to do it. I was with 2024 a church group that I am in.What really scares me is that I have never ridden on a vast ride before. The ride went up up up and then the cart fell down the drop, it looked absolutely scary. Everyone was telling me to do it so I decided to do it.
Terrorism is the use of violence deliberately to achieve a religious and political, ideological objective. This vice poses a significant danger to the American citizens as well as the American government. The American foreign policy has contributed heavily to most of the terrorist acts witnessed in the recent past; it is what they have done such as the overthrowing of governments like in the case of Libya, bombings in Syria and Iraq, assassinations and the promotion of torture (Kaplan, 2006). This evil acts informed by their foreign policies has contributed to what the terrorists view as social, political and religious injustice and hypocrisy, hence proving a foundation for their retaliation against the United states.
“Stairs narrow toward the top. It becomes harder to turn back with each step” (Kershaw, 2010). As said before, there is not a “cookie cutter” definition of what creates a terrorist. One thing is very evident, the radicalization process of an individual is complex, diverse, and is often comprised of idiosyncratic characteristics.
This excerpt from Silke’s Becoming a Terrorist aims to determine what causes someone to become a terrorist. Silke argues that simply labeling terrorists as mentally unbalanced or psychotic prevents us from achieving a fuller understanding of the phenomenon. As it turns out, there is no one factor that determines whether a person will become a terrorist. Instead, it is a combination of any number of factors from economic circumstance to vengeance and these factors vary widely depending on the culture, social context, terror group, and individual involved.
In addressing the behavioral and psychological factors, I will identify what vulnerable people are and how they are influenced into recruitment of terrorist organizations. The comparisons provided will be associated to radical Islam and referenced with Mubin Shaikh own experience, as he was radicalized, then recruited for, and then de-radicalized from Radical Islam throughout. On completion of the reasons of how and why individuals join terrorist organizations, I will provide examples of programs of disengagement that are used for de-radicalizing imprisoned or individuals wanting to leave terrorist organizations. Nevertheless, the discussion will then turn to possible deterrents or methods to counter terrorist recruitment efforts.
“A terrorist is one who sows terror,” says Elshtain. She means that the victims of terrorist attacks are subjected to terror, or great fear. The purpose of subjecting a group of people to such fear varies but usually aims to destroy the morale of a people in its attempt at some religious, political, or ideological goal. Crucial features of inducing terror are its randomness and its attack on civilians as opposed to combatants. This elicits fear in every person because they are afraid for their personal safety in their day to day lives, as opposed to fearing only for our soldiers. To determine who is a terrorist, we must ask who they are attacking. Do they mainly target combatants in
There are many theories of aging; the purpose of my paper is to illustrate the application of theories of aging. I will discuss the psychosocial theory of aging. The psychosocial theory explains aging in terms of mental processes emotions, intelligence, memory, learning and personality (Dittrich, 2014). The theories discussed are disengagement theories and activity theory.
There are many different topics that come to mind when discussing terrorism. Many will choose to discuss the most recent bombing, shooting, hostage situation, or the latest ISIS video. While it is great that people attempt to stay “read on” to what is going on around the world, it means nothing if they are incapable of understanding the “why” behind the attack. The first step in understanding what lead to the bombing, shooting, or even the latest ISIS video begins with having a general idea of the psychological effect the leaders of these terrorist organizations are trying to achieve with these actions. There are three key factors worth noting that will aid in understanding the psychological approach these terrorist organizational leaders use to influence the members of their own organizations.
The arguments surrounding capital punishment have focused primarily on its ability to provide general deterrence. Instead of focusing on a purely utilitarian aspect of capital punishment, it may be useful to analyze the death penalty through a morality perspective. The idea of retribution often carries a negative connotation because of its equivocation with the concept of revenge. While they may externally seem similar, they are far from analogous when analyzing the underlying motivations driving the two ideological perspectives.
Before she passed away a couple years ago, my grandmother exhibited characteristics of the disengagement theory. According to the textbook, this sociological theory suggests aging adults become more self-aware and feel more balanced as they choose to separate from relationships and society. My grandmother was a homemaker from Hong Kong and initially immigrated to San Francisco before settling in Dallas. Despite her lack of English language skills, she was able to immerse in San Francisco with foreigners of the same culture. She regularly engaged in tea parties and mahjong. As she aged, she started to withdraw from such activities and spent more time at home on the patio. Most of her relationships was with family. Her circle of friends were
As new variations of ‘community’ programs and ‘community’ engagement emerge, many programs and organizations have been created for the so-called betterment of society. The term ‘community’ is particularly vague and value-laden; it is often a term that glosses over the social, economic and cultural differentiation of localities or peoples (Head, 2007). Local communities and community organizations can contribute to the process of social change, but one problem is that the term ‘social change’ can signify different meanings (DeFilippis et al, 2010). For example from the standpoint of this course, we would determine social change as a dismantling and restructuring of the current status quo, but on the other hand certain organizations could describe
In the first part of the assessment I will be explaining two ageing theories that applies to the individuals in the case study.
There are many theories of aging, but I am a believer in, not all theories apply to all individuals. Each person’s story is and will be different, however, some theories can represent individuals almost perfectly. I find it really hard to just choose one theory to describe my entire time at CMC, or to represent my last week there. If I had to pick one that I observed often, it would be disengagement theory. Disengament happens inevitably for older adults, because their close friends pass away, they retire from their jobs, and they generally have physical issues which causes them to step away from their hobbies.