Albert Fish

many cases of psychopaths have been found. One psychopath in particular was a serial killer by the name of Albert Fish. Psychopath’s are not freaks of nature; they usually experience a tragic incident or face a hardship over a long period of time. Albert Fish, a real person, became a scary bedtime story over the past century due to his chilling actions as a serial killer. Hamilton Fish and he was born on May 19, 1870 in Washington D.C. When he was only a year old, his father, Randall Fish, died…

FUNCTIONALISM Functional psychology or functionalism refers to a general psychological philosophy that considers mental life and behavior in terms of active adaptation to the person's environment. In this specific case, Albert Fish was used to a unhealthy and abusive life style which he adapted to and this became his way of life. He thought they were the rules of society and he enforced these rules on others. Albert Fish was living in a completely different environment, one of his own. LEARNING…

Hamilton “Albert” Fish was a cannibalistic serial killer that lived from 1870 to 1936. He was a sadomasochist and suffered from mental disorders that weren’t properly diagnosed. Fish was the youngest boy of four children and lived with his parents until the age of five. When his father died, his mother brought him to an orphanage so she could find work. This is where it is believed that his masochistic behavior began. Fish was beaten at the orphanage and this psychological trauma could be one…

the age of five Albert was placed into an orphanage. It was there that he was constantly teased by the other boys, received whippings, and became a persistent bed wetter. In 1898 he got married, settled in New York and had six children. Fish claims that this is when he committed his first murder, but there is no evidence to proof it. However, most people, including his children claim he began going mad in 1917 after his wife left him. He appeared to suffer from hallucinations: he would take…

Fish In A Tree After reading Fish In A Tree I have many thoughts about it. To start with Fish In A Tree is a kids novel by Lynda Mullaly Hunt published in the year 2015. The book’s protagonist is a girl named Ally Nickerson who suffers from a condition known as dyslexia, this is a very common disorder in which the person harboring it has a lot of trouble reading and writing. For example the words dance, and reading and writing give headaches. Ally always tries her best to make sure no one…

Let's start with the basics of what aquaponics is. Aquaponics is a practice of gardening that includes fish. The fish live in a fish tank. They eat, poop and pee in the water. The water waste is pumped to a grow bed with plants. The soil is stone or similar material know as media. The media filters and oxygenates the water. The cleaned water returns to the fish. Now, this part is vital, in the media, lives bacteria that process the fish waste (ammonia) and turns it into plant food (nitrogen and…

counteract the drastic drop in native fish stocks caused by overfishing (Lowe 2000). ¨They originally comprised 80% of the total fish biomass in Lake Victoria, but have now decreased to less than 1% offish catches from the Kenyan waters of the lake¨ (Lowe 2000). A 2003 study in the journal Nature examined algae records from the bottom of Lake Tanganyika and found that over the last century, warming waters have driven down the lake’s fish yield by 30 percent (Achieng 2006). ¨The flesh of Nile…

Pixar’s “Finding Nemo” is a visually stunning underwater adventure that follows comedic and eventful journeys of three fish. A father, Marlin, (Albert Brooks) and his son Nemo(Alexander Gould)- who become separated in the Great Barrier Reef. Along with Dory (Ellen Degeneres) a blue tang fish with severe memory loss, Bruce (Barry Humphries) a great white shark whose personality changes when his instincts set in, and many others impact the movie. The movie opens like all Pixar films with small…

Mud crabs are more active at high tides where they’re able to go out to feed on plants, snails, worms, molluscs and other small crabs (Hollowayseec.eq.edu.au, 2016). They also feed on some fish species that live in mangroves which can be a great feeding region. During low tides, mud crabs often hide in the mangroves for protection from larger prey. Their dark colour also protects them as they can blend into the mud and hide. Burrows are used by the majority of male crabs rather than female…

To the Environmental Protection Agency, As you are aware of, there is a rising threat that was introduced over 50 years ago in Lake Victoria. The massive and ravenous fish, Nile Perch was released by humans into Lake Victoria and was introduced to improve the fishing economy. They were brought from other African lakes like Lake Albert or Lake Turkana which the Nile Perch is indigenous to. According to National Geographic The Nile Perch was inserted into an ecosystem where it had no natural…