Criminal Psych

Question 1

Psychopath:

Answer 1

● Traditionally a personality disorder characterized by persistent antisocial behaviour, impaired empathy and remorse ], and bold, disinhibited, and egotistical traits
● A person who suffers from chronic mental disorder and exhibits violent or abnormal behaviour

Question 2

● A person who suffers from chronic mental disorder and exhibits violent or abnormal behaviour Sociopath:

Answer 2

● Tend to act more impulsively and erratically, they usually struggle to maintain a job or family life
● Sociopaths may be able to form attachments with like-minded individuals

Question 3

Social Control Theory

Answer 3

● Social Control Theory: we all need ties to society and learn the way to become proper citizens ● Families create boundaries that help their children to learn boundaries
● Serial killers invariably tend to not have these structures in their lives and so they don’t get the social conditioning they need

Question 4

Differentiation

Answer 4

● We all have a tendency to get involved in someone else’s mess
● A highly differentiated person is able to separate themselves from the emotional stress someone else is experiencing because they have a more fully developed sense of self
● A person who is low in differentiation tends to depend on the acceptance/approval of others and thus handle conflict very poorly
● They accept the projection of others onto themselves when they should question or resist it

Question 5

Neutralization

Answer 5

the tendency to rationalize your own delinquent behaviour so that you can return to normal life
● Serial killers tend to move from aggressive highs to calm lows so that they can still live functionallives
● The brain needs equilibrium and so this feels natural to them