Psychological and Behavioral
I need a college level research paper describing the psychological and behavioral factors of individual terrorists ( for example recruits and suicide bombers; not terrorist leaders such as Bin Laden).
I’m not looking to address different radicalization processes/models such as Moghaddam’s Staircase, so you only need to research and discuss individual psychological and behavioral factors in this paper. Also, “psychological” does not mean “psychotic” and we are only supposed to address those of sound mind who deliberately choose violence for a political purpose, or retribution or to instill fear (not crazy mass shooters).
Assignment Specifics:
- The body of your report is to be at least four FULL pages in length (not counting title page and references) and is to contain the following:
- A brief introduction, with the topic and your thesis
- A main body, containing the “meat” of the paper, where you provide the requested information supported by class readings and with your analysis
- A conclusion, summarizing your information clearly and concisely
Technical Requirements
- Your paper must be at a minimum of 4 pages (the Title and Reference pages do not count towards the minimum limit).
- Scholarly and credible references should be used. A good rule of thumb is at least 2 scholarly sources per page of content.
- Type in Times New Roman, 12 point and double space.
- Students will follow the current APA Style as the sole citation and reference style used in written work submitted as part of coursework.
- Points will be deducted for the use of Wikipedia or encyclopedic type sources. It is highly advised to utilize books, peer-reviewed journals, articles, archived documents, etc.
- All submissions will be graded using the assignment rubric.
Due to the nature of this question, make sure that you provide a written answer with very strong content and grammar. Failing to do so could result in withdrawn questions and bad ratings.
I attached an example essay to reference if you’d like. All the requirements are stated above, but I would just like to stress this is more of a paper of why people join terrorist groups rather than focusing on the leaders of the terrorist organization. If you need anything else let me know. Thanks!
Answer preview
Perceived threats of beliefs and situations considered unfair and inconsistent with one’s religious teachings is one reason that motivates individuals to join terrorism. Perceived threats drive one to use suicide bombers with the ultimate goal to improve the situation and bring happiness to others and become a bride in heaven (Takdir, 2020). The indoctrination process of the terrorism ideology plays a significant role in influencing individuals’ mental states to carry out the terrorism acts by giving them confidence about the outcomes. The process alters the mental-state level processes and meanings of reality to embrace violence and hostility. That is, the ideology changes the cognition and behaviors of the participants.
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