Exam 1

Question 1

Personality disorder

Answer 1

Enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates from cultural expectations

Question 2

Antisocial personality disorder

Answer 2

Pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others since age of 15

Question 3

Narcissistic personality disorder

Answer 3

Pattern of grandiosity (fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy

Question 4

Psychopathy and ASPD overlap

Answer 4

Most people high in psychopathy meet ASPD qualifications, but most people with ASPD are not high in psychopathy

Question 5

Psychopathy and NPD overlap

Answer 5

Interpersonal and affective traits of psychopathy are “aggressive narcissism”; narcissists live in “narcissistic bubble’ - anxious if esteem is threatened, high psychopathy aren’t anxious

Question 6

Cleckley’s “Mask of Sanity” main points

Answer 6

Psychopathy is as debilitating as schizophrenia; 16 criteria for identifying psychopaths; recognize emotions but can’t experience them; “inadequately motivated antisocial behavior”

Question 7

Hare’s psychopathy checklist

Answer 7

20 items scored 0-2; interview and collateral information; 0-40 continuum, high psychopathy is 30 and above

Question 8

Primary factor of psychopathy

Answer 8

Interpersonal and affective traits

Question 9

Interpersonal/affective traits of psychopathy

Answer 9

Glibness/superficial charm, grandiose sense of self worth, pathological lying, conning/manipulation, lack of remorse/guilt, shallow affect, callous lack of empathy, failure to accept responsibility

Question 10

Secondary factor of psychopathy

Answer 10

Behavioral and antisocial traits

Question 11

Behavioral/antisocial traits of psychopathy

Answer 11

Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom, parasitic lifestyle, poor behavioral controls, early behavior problems, promiscuous sexual behavior, many short term marital/live-in relationships, lack of realistic long-term goals, impulsivity, irresponsibility, juvenile delinquency, revocation of conditional release, criminal versatility

Question 12

Glibness/superficial charm

Answer 12

Insincere, can be likeable and entertaining (“intellectual chess”), too smooth to be believable, not anxious/embarrassed in interview

Question 13

Grandiose sense of self worth

Answer 13

Inflated view of abilities and self worth, not embarrassed by legal history, find others beneath them

Question 14

Pathological lying

Answer 14

Fictitious life history even though it can be checked, ease at lying, lie for no reason except that it’s fun (“duping delight”), not embarrassed when challenged or found out - change the story rapidly

Question 15

Conning/manipulattion

Answer 15

Many different relationships, “getting over” a person is fun, use people for money

Question 16

Lack of remorse/guilt

Answer 16

Victim is at fault - covered by insurance, “was anyone hurt?”

Question 17

Failure to accept responsibility

Answer 17

Minimizing/blaming, framed, memory loss - “I didn’t do it” despite overwhelming evidence

Question 18

Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom

Answer 18

School/work/relationships are all boring, “living life on the edge”, stimulant drugs

Question 19

Parasitic lifestyle

Answer 19

Financial dependence intentionally, rely on others regardless of cost to them, various partners, money from family

Question 20

Poor behavioral controls

Answer 20

Anger, hot-headed

Question 21

Early behavior problems

Answer 21

Serious problems as child (12 and younger), how parents/teachers describe them

Question 22

Promiscuous sexual behavior

Answer 22

Many impersonal/casual relationships, sex offense history

Question 23

Many short term marital/life-in relationships

Answer 23

Commitment from one or more partners

Question 24

Lack of realistic long-term goals

Answer 24

Grandiosity - “i want to play for the NBA”, “I want to be a lawyer but first need my GED”, etc.

Question 25

Impulsivity

Answer 25

Do what they want to do in that moment

Question 26

Irresponsibility

Answer 26

Day-to-day living, unreliable employee, no child support

Question 27

Juvenile delinquency

Answer 27

Formal contact only

Question 28

Revocation of conditional release

Answer 28

2-3x as likely to recidivate, often commit crimes shortly after probation/parole/release

Question 29

Criminal versatility

Answer 29

Adult criminal record, different types of crimes

Question 30

Reactive violence/aggression

Answer 30

Impulsivity, affective; intense autonomic nervous system arousal, goal is threat reduction, subjective experience of emotion

Question 31

Instrumental violence/aggression

Answer 31

Planned controlled, purposeful, used to achieve a goal, predatory; minimal or no autonomic nervous system arousal, many goals, no or minimal threat; more associated with high psychopathy

Question 32

Male vs female average psychopathy score (prison population)

Answer 32

23 male; 19 female

Question 33

Differences in female psychopathy

Answer 33

Not as common, average 4-6 points lower on PCL-R than males, more primary