Conclusion Elliot Rodger was born in an almost perfect family. He was bestowed with supportive parents who always work hard to ensure that their son could live a comfortable life. Elliot is said to be struggling with mental illness which indirectly leads to his odd personality as perceived by many people. As mentioned earlier, Elliot is involved with a series of distressing event which further deteriorated his opportunity to be accepted in any social relationship. The isolation eventually leads to his idea on the day of retribution. However, according to J. Reid Meloy, a forensic psychologist, the chances for a mentally disordered person to turn violent is too low (Nagourney, Cieply & Feuer, 2014). Even those who has prepared and threaten that they will do so never go beyond contemplation of it (Nagourney, Cieply & Feuer, 2014). Therefore, what exactly triggered him to commit such vicious act? After thorough research on various personality theories, our group are able to apply Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler and Erik Erikson theories to Elliot Rodger brutal personality.
When exploring his personality, our group was also able to identify certain factors that could be examined using Sigmund …show more content…
Erikson believe that the developmental stages of life are impactful in accordance to the growth of human being whereby the stages need to be accommodate when crises comes in order for us to move to the next. It is still very much unclear how the external factors, parents and social that has been going on in his life are justifiable to be the factors that dominates and form Elliot personality. And in Elliot’s case, as there were mishaps in some of the stages, was evident enough that there exist an identity crisis that have failed to be look upon in time that could have maybe just maybe help him in his difficult
When exploring his personality, our group was also able to identify certain factors that could be examined using Sigmund …show more content…
Erikson believe that the developmental stages of life are impactful in accordance to the growth of human being whereby the stages need to be accommodate when crises comes in order for us to move to the next. It is still very much unclear how the external factors, parents and social that has been going on in his life are justifiable to be the factors that dominates and form Elliot personality. And in Elliot’s case, as there were mishaps in some of the stages, was evident enough that there exist an identity crisis that have failed to be look upon in time that could have maybe just maybe help him in his difficult