Hancock

Question 1

Sample

Answer 1

Murders
Canadian Prison
14-50yrs
52 murders
Avergae agem of 28 when they murderrd someone
14 of them are psychopaths

Question 2

method

Answer 2

Qusai

Question 3

IV

Answer 3

psychpath or not psychpath

Question 4

DV

Answer 4

Subordinating conjunctions/ measure of langauge from text aalysis

Question 5

Semi instructred interview

Answer 5

informl chat // step wise procedure

Question 6

sampling method

Answer 6

volunteer to take part

Question 7

summarise step wise interview

Answer 7

ask many open questions not allowed to ask close ended questions

Question 8

progammes

Answer 8

WMATRIX- uses to compares parts of speech

DAL- examines the affective tone of the words
emotioal properties of langauge

Question 9

internal reliability

Answer 9

Used same interview procedure.
Computer programs for analysis so consistent.
Interview was open ended style so would vary as to which parts of their crime was described in most detail.

Question 10

Link to free will/determinism

Answer 10

Determined such that psychopath’s diminished capacity for moral sensibility seems to have a biological underpinning

However they are able to manage how others perceive them which suggests they have control over their behaviour to a least some degree

Question 11

subodinate junction

Answer 11

psyhcopaths produced significantly more SJ words (1.82%)

(1.54%) used by NP

Question 12

Hieracy of needs

Answer 12

PP used more words connected to psyhiological needs

(0.3%) PP
(0.12) NP

Question 13

Emotinal expression

Answer 13

speech produed by PP 33% more disfluncies (uh um) than speech produced by NP

Question 14

Past tense

Answer 14

6.08 -PP
5.5%- NP

Question 15

Ethical guidelines upheld

Answer 15

Deception - participants knew the purpose
Consent - had volunteered
Confidentiality

Question 16

Ethical guidelines broken

Answer 16

Not told that they could withdraw
Unclear whether they knew they were being tested for psychopathy or that they were being compared with other prisoners

Question 17

Ethnocentrism

Answer 17

All from Canada, people in other countries may use language in different ways.

Question 18

to what extent Hancock et al.’s (2011) study into the language of psychopaths changes
our understanding of individual, social and/or cultural diversity

Answer 18

Hancock’s study focused on prisoners in Canada and
therefore does not offer further insight into cultural diversity
overall, it does extend our understanding from America

The study did enable Hancock et al to explain an important
issue in society and potentially reduce future offending.

This contemporary study allowed more specific behaviours
to be measured to understand abnormal behaviou