Assignment on Psychology PDF

Running head: PSYCHOLOGY
Psychology
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Introduction
Psychology refers to scientific study in relation to mind and the behaviour.
Psychology is indicative of a multifaceted discipline that is inclusive of different areas like
human development, social behaviour and the cognitive process. Salman Khan is a big star in
Bollywood who has appeared in greater than 80 Hindi film. Salman Khan is a very popular
star and has a great number of fans following him. This essay elaborates on the incident of
the famous Bollywood actor Salman Khan who had faced the criminal charges for the killing
of black deer. The essay also talks about the incident of Salman Khan who ran the car over
the homeless people on the street. This essay talks about the theories related to conditioning,
personality disorders and the social psychological influences.
Description of incidents
Salman Khan along with the co-stars of the movie “ Hum Saath Saath Hain” were
held accused for the killing of two blackbucks. The hunting of the black bucks is prohibited
under that of Wildlife Protection Act (Indiatoday.in., 2018). This incident was carried out in
Kankani village in the area of Jodhpur within Rajasthan. The act was carried out on the 1-2nd
of October in the year 1998. It was at the time of shooting of the film Hum Saath Saath Hain
that this act was carried out.
In the year 2017 at the time of recording of statement in that of blackbuck poaching
case, Salman Khan mainly said ‘true’ along with ‘false’ at the time of answering the
questions of the magistrate. First forensic report that was carried out by Dr Nepalia suggested
that animals died owing to “natural causes”. It was said by the judicial magistrate, Dalpat
Singh Rajpurohit that the locals had seen him committing the act. Salman Khan was also
interrogated regarding the blood stains along with blackbuck hair in the jeep. Salman Khan
was ultimately convicted based on eyewitness accounts along with the DNA tests. Salman

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Khan was sentenced to a jail term of five years and he had to pay fine of around Rs. 10,000.
Salman Khan could not ask for bail in sessions court that was instrumental in convicting him.
According to “The Guradian”, Salman Khan was found to be guilty for culpable
homicide, negligence along with driving under that of influence of the alcohol
(Theguardian.com., 2018). Salman Khan crashed the Toyota Land Cruiser into that of a
group of the rough sleepers. The incident took place outside the bakery on the 28th of
September in the year 2002. It was said that Khan was drinking cocktails within an upmarket
bar on evening of incident. Constable who was attached to the security detail of the actor told
the police that Khan was instrumental in losing control of the car when he was driving at a
speed of 55 mph. Salman Khan along with his cousin Kamaal had run away from spot.
Salman Khan had denied the fact that he was behind wheel at the time of the accident. The
lawyer of Kahn had stated that the actor contributes a lot to the aspect of charity and the
neurological condition paved the path for his accident. High court within the Mumbai City
has overturned the conviction of Salman Khan in the hit-and-run case of the year 2002.
Psychological Theories behind the incident
The basic principles in relation to learning have a great influence on the aspect of
human behaviour. There exist two fundamental forms in relation to learning- classical
(Pavlovian) along with instrumental (operant) conditioning. With the help of these two
conditioning factors an individual can associate the stimuli with environment. According to
Rescorla (2014), the conditioning can help an individual in associating the behaviour with the
important events. They help in providing the methods that can allow the scientist for
analysing the process of learning in a rigorous manner. Classical conditioning helps in
explaining how individuals learn various things in life. Operant Conditioning takes place
when behaviour of an individual is associated with the occurring of an important event.