AMANDA YATES: CONVICTED PSYCHATRIC

Which level of psychological analysis is the most convincing to you? Explain why.

The  Amanda Yates Case is a horrifying story that forces idividuals to take a closer look on how the human brain works and what drives people to make crazy life-altering descions. I believe that the behavioral and social cultural perspective to be the most covincing factor in this case. Looking into the background story of Yates' descion, evidence can be drawn that the enviroment around her caused her actions. An absent and unwilling husband, unsupportive family and friends, and being taken off anti-depression meds could have triggered these obscene actions on her children. In my own experieneces, any form of neglect or distancey from my family and friends leads me to feeling sad and empty. While I know how to handle these feelings of saddness, not everyone is as capable. With Yates prior use or anti-depression meds, her emotions coudld overcrowd her sanity. While drowing your kids in a bathtub does have to do with mental disease, I belive that it was her coruppted enviroment that lead her to it.





What important principle might this case reveal about the nature of psychology?
Ultiamately, I belive this case to be a good example of the nature of how psychology encourages a new persepctive on matters.When approaching cases of this sort, it's the right initive to convict her and put her in jail; however the psycholosist perspective reveals the background to why this case happened, and what causes the actions. Looking over her case, there are many details that can be lead to why she drowned her kids, that is where psychology comes in; to determind that this is more to the situaution then her act of violence.