Chapter 6 (psychopathy)

Question 1

List 5 psychopathic traits

Answer 1

Parasitic lifestyle
Manipulative
Superficial
Grandiose
No empathy

Question 2

Antisocial personality disorder

Answer 2

Failure to conform to norms, aggressive, irresponsible, impulsive

Question 3

Is the definition of APD narrower than psychopathy?

Answer 3

Yes

Question 4

What is the first type of psychopath?

Answer 4

Psychopath from birth

Question 5

Secondary psychopath

Answer 5

Psychopathy comes from trauma

Question 6

Dyssocial psychopath

Answer 6

Picked up from peers

Question 7

Pcl-r test

Answer 7

Measures psychopathy on a scale of 30, measures traits from 0-2

Question 8

Categorical model

Answer 8

Yes/no answers

Question 9

Dimensional model

Answer 9

Measured on a scale

Question 10

What are the 2 core factors of psychopathy?

Answer 10

Interpersonal/emotional components, and a socially deviant lifestyle

Question 11

Four factor position of psychopathy

Answer 11

1) interpersonal
2) lifestyle
3) affective
4) antisocial behaviour

Question 12

How much of general pop is a psychopath

Answer 12

1%, 15-25% in prison

Question 13

Psychopaths may have frontal lobe damage? And amygdala may be responsible for the damage

Answer 13

Yes

Question 14

What is the sensation seeking theory

Answer 14

Psychopaths are seeking arousal of cerebral cortex, they may be deficient in RAS

Question 15

What is contained in the peripheral nervous system?

Answer 15

Somatic and automatic divisions

Question 16

What is contained in the autonomic nervous system?

Answer 16

Sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system