Chap 6: Psychopathy

Question 1

What are the 3 symptom domains for Psychopathy?

Answer 1

Interpersonal; Affective; Behavioural

Question 2

What are the main symptoms in the Interpersonal Category?

Answer 2

way they interact with others: very charming; manipulative; grandiose, eccentric, deceitful

Question 3

What are the main symptoms in the behavioural category?

Answer 3

Observable: impulsive; continually shifting plans/goals; irresponsibility; unreliability; thrill/risk-seeking; antisocial (maybe symptom or outcome)

Question 4

What are the main symptoms in the affective category?

Answer 4

Emotional responses and feelings - lack of emotional range; no strong emotional bonds; lack of remorse and empathy; can’t read facial expressions

Question 5

What is the consequence hypothesis?

Answer 5

Antisocial behaviour is a probable cause or effect from the behavioural symptoms of psychopathy however is not a defining feature

Question 6

How do the assessment criteria of PCL-R and ASPD impact the diagnostic rates?

Answer 6

PCL-R: 30 point cut-off of 20 symptom chart; 2 distinct groups maybe more (factor 1 and factor 2); from interviews with individual and others

Question 7

How does violence of non-psychopathic individuals differe from psychopaths?

Answer 7

Non-psychopathic: typically reactive violence; target females close to them during high emotional arousal
Psychopathic: typically impulsive (opportunistic and sponstaneuos) and instrumental (goal-orientated) - target male strangers

Question 8

Do psychopaths experience age-related change?

Answer 8

The interpersonal and affective symptoms won’t change but the behavioural will with age - around 40yrs
Maybe seen in early childhood

Question 9

What is factor 1?

Answer 9

The interpersonal and affective symptoms

Question 10

What is factor 2?

Answer 10

Behavioural Symptoms

Question 11

What is factor 2?

Answer 11

Behavioural Symptoms

Question 12

Summaries Clifford Olsons Case

Answer 12

From Vancouver BC; raped and murdered 11 youth; described as a manipulator, charmer, bragart, habitual, monster. Would intoxicate children SA, torture and kill them; committed necrophilia; showed signs of abuse in childhood, also deviant behaviour (stealing)

Question 13

Summaries Adremy Dennis case

Answer 13

From Akron Ohio; was robbing a couple of guys and killed one of them at 18yrs old; blamed the victim

Question 14

What is the Dissocial Personality disorder?

Answer 14

resembles the construct of psychopathy but is recognized by WHO

Question 15

Summaries the Dave case

Answer 15

Industrial Psychologist Pual Babiak: Dave applies for a job and impressed the company officials; seemed favourable at first; turned out to be unreliable, failed to meet expectations, domineering, rude, aggressive, dismissed concerns - had higher officials wrapped around finger; seen him in a positive light

Question 16

Serial murder

Answer 16

Killing 2 or more victims separately

Question 16

Summaries the Joanna Dennehy case

Answer 16

Peterborough England - started with stabbing the first victim who was lured in; then stabbed roommate and landlord - posted video singing “oops, I did it again” put the landlord in a little black dress before dumping him; attacked 2 more men (stabbing) both survived; joked about it being a hectic week when arrested

Question 17

Fearless Model

Answer 17

David Lykken; psychopaths fail to experience fear therefore increasing the likelihood of criminal behaviour because they don’t fear the consequences

Question 18

Newman’s Response model

Answer 18

inability to monitor/adjust behaviour means they overlook factors that would typically stop people in situations from continuing their behaviour; instead it tends to intensify

Question 19

Hostile Attribution bias

Answer 19

tend to interpret neutal/ambiguous conduct as agression which they respond to with aggression

Question 20

Threaten Egotism Model

Answer 20

if their inflated sense of self is threatened they will reacted by acting aggressively against the source