1) In the Columbine massacre, two senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were responsible for the bombing and the shootout of 12 students and a teacher. Probably they wanted to create a similar or bigger mishap than the Oklahoma Bombing. This kind of morbid psychotic behaviour is a result of derailment or failure of male adolescent development since they were teenagers.

2) In developing his theory of psychosocial development, Erik Erikson emphasized the importance of taking into account the social context of the individual when thinking about the process of identity formation. He believed that human beings have an innate need to develop and that society is constructed to meet this need. That is, development occurs as a result of …show more content…
Our brain is often very receptive to violence and the notion to be laid off easily. We often see while playing games like GTA Vice City that no matter how violent we become we are often laid off easily and start a new life. This registers in teenager's mind. Also, lyrics of their favorite songs sung by their fav rockstar also pushes them towards morbidity.

4) Pollack, the Harvard psychologist, has visited Columbine several times since 1999, and says the shooters "needed help, and what they got day after day was no one noticing. They were left alone. Adolescents, even though they say they want to be alone � they really want some kind of connection with an adult who understands and cares."

When he visited Columbine in the months after the shootings, Pollack says, "Kids said, 'I would never do that myself, but I understand why someone would get so frustrated and so frightened they might attempt something like that. What I don't get is why adults don't understand how much of this there is.' "

In schools across the USA, he says, beneath "that iceberg of shootings is bullying, disconnection and just cold, unconnected school climates of a certain sort, in which, if kids don't feel frightened, they feel turned