Chapter 6

Question 1

Psychopathy

Answer 1

A personality disorder characterized by a constellation of affective, interpersonal, lifestyle, and behavioural symptoms

Question 2

Interpersonal Symptoms

Answer 2

• Glib
• Superficial
• Manipulative

Question 3

Affective Symptoms

Answer 3

• Lack of remorse
• Lack of empathy
• Shallow affect

Question 4

Lifestyle Symptoms

Answer 4

• Need for stimulation
• Parasitic
• Lack of goals

Question 5

Behavioural Symptoms

Answer 5

• Poor behavioural controls
• Impulsivity

Question 6

PCL - R

Answer 6

Psychopathy Checklist-Revised
- Clinical instrument - you can use it for clinical research
- Evaluates the relative presence of psychopathic symptoms

Question 7

Factor 1

Answer 7

Emotional/Interpersonal Symptoms

Question 8

Factor 2

Answer 8

Social Deviance Symptoms

Question 9

What is the number to be identified as a psychopath

Answer 9

The cutoff is 30 or higher out of 40

Question 10

Frequency and Versatility

Answer 10

• High-density offenders
• Recidivism Rates
• Jacks of all trades

Question 11

Nature of Violence

Answer 11

• Violent Crime
• Atypical Motivations
• “Flawed Predators”
• Sexual Violence

Question 12

Criminal Recidivism

Answer 12

• Recidivism; Violence Recidivism
• PCL - R –> Criminal Recidivism

Question 13

Psychopathy and Gender

Answer 13

• Women Lower mean scores and base rates
• PCL-R scores are equally predictive of criminal history

Question 14

Gender and Socialization Experiences

Answer 14

• Difference in behavioural items on PCL-R
• Behavioural Expression of Aggression

Question 15

Stability of Psychopathy

Answer 15

• Reduction in non-violent crime by age 35 or 40 years
• Age-related changed and affective/interpersonal traits

Question 16

Treatment and Psychopathy

Answer 16

Historically
- Therapeutic Communities
- Empathy-Based Programs

Rewards-Based Therapy
- Decompression Model

Question 17

Fearlessness Model

Answer 17

• David Lykken
  Psychopathy is rooted in a lack of fear or anxiety as a result of abnormally low autonomic nervous system functioning
• Fearlessness results in an inability to respond to and learn from the consequences of punishment

Question 18

Hypoemotionality Model

Answer 18

-Robert D. Hare
- A theory proposing that psychopaths’ emotional deficits increase their likelihood of committing criminal behaviour because they have no feelings for other people and do not experience distress over causing harm

Question 19

Response Modulation Model

Answer 19

• A theory proposing that psychopaths display an impaired ability to monitor and adjust their behaviour, leading them to overlook or disregard factors that would stop most people in the same situation

Question 20

Threatened Egoism Model

Answer 20

A model stating that individuals with an inflated sense of themselves may defend against unfavourable feedback that threatens this unrealistic self-appraisal by reacting aggressively against the information source