Race to Incarcerate

Read the graphic novel “Race to Incarcerate” by Sabrina Jones and Marc Mauer.

For this reflection paper, choose 4 psychological perspectives or concepts. First, you will need to explain each psychological perspective or concept that you chose (worth 20 points). Then, you will need to explain how each perspective or concept relates to the graphic novel Race to Incarcerate by Sabrina Jones and Mark Mauer. (worth 40 points). Lastly, you will need to synthesize or integrate how incarceration affects individual behavior based on each perspective or concept you chose (worth 40 points)

The psychological perspectives you can choose from are as follows: Biological, Behavioral, Cognitive, Humanistic, Psychodynamic, and Socio-Cultural. Psychological concepts you can choose from include, but are not limited to the following: operant conditioning and observational learning.

Reflection paper should be at least five (5) double-spaced, word-processed pages, but no more than six (6) pages. Please use one-inch margins all around and Arial, 12-point font. No cover page is needed. Be sure to put your name on your paper. Do not plagiarize, and be sure to provide citations for all the textbook and lecture material you use in your paper.

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Human behavior can be explained using different perspectives. Each perspective tends to be unique as while one aspect might focus on the environment of the individual another aspect will look into the genetic composition of the individual. Incarceration tends to affect human behavior, and the effects of imprisonment can be explained using different perspectives including the humanistic approach and the cognitive approach among others.

Psychological Perspectives

The biological perspective which is one of the leading perspectives in psychology studies the human biological components to explain human behavior. The aspects of the human body studied range from the nervous…

 

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