Chapter 11: Psychopaths Flashcards
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What have Psychopaths been Called?
Intraspecies Predators
What is Psychopathy?
A personality disorder defined by a collection of interpersonal, affective and behavioural characteristics, including manipulation, lack of remorse, empathy, impulsivity and antisocial behaviours
What is the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R)?
The most popular rate-based method of assessing psychopathy in adults
What is the 3 Factor model for Psychopathy?
- Arrogant and deceitful interpersonal style
- Deficient affective experience
- Impulsive and irresponsible behavioural style
What is Psychotic Personality Inventory-Revised (PPI-R)?
A self report measure of psychopathic traits
What is the Self-Report Psychopathy Scale (SRP)?
A self report measure of psychopathic traits
What is TriPM?
To measure the triarchic model of psychopathy
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD)?
A personality disorder characterized by a history of behaviour in which the rights of others are violated
What is Sociopathy?
A label used to describe a person whose psychopathic traits are assumed to be due to environmental factors
Refusal to adapt to society
What is Adversarial Allegiance?
The tendency of forensic experts to be biased toward the side (defence or prosecution) that hired them
What is Sexual Sadism?
People who are sexually aroused by fanasities, urges, or acts of inflicting pain, suffering or humiliation on another person
What is Antisocial Process Screening Device (APSD)?
Observer rating scale to assess psychopathic traits in children
What is Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV)?
Rating scale designed to measure psychopathic traits in adolescents
What is Parent-Child Interaction Therapy?
An interview that focuses on increasing the present-child relationship using positive reinforcement and teaching positive parenting strategies
What is Response Modulation Deficit?
A theory that suggests psychopaths fails to use contextual cues that are peripheral to dominant response set to modulate their behaviour
What is Lexical-Decision Task?
A task used in cognitive and linguistic experiments that measures how fast people classify stimuli as words or nonwords
What is an Amygdala?
An almond shaped part of the limbic center of the brain, which regulates expression of emotion and emotional memory
