Hancock Flashcards
State the assumptions of the individual differences area
- in order to understand behaviour we must focus on our differences rather than what we have in common
- human behaviour can be studied an measured when conducting research this can be measured through the use of psychometric testing
What is the key theme of Hancock’s study?
measuring differences
Give the aim of Hancock’s study
to compare the crime narratives of psychopaths compared with non psychopath murders
speech was analysed for instrumenral world view, unique socioemotional needs, poverty of effect
What was the iv used in Hancock’s study?
psychopaths or non psychopaths
What was the dv used in Hancock’s study?
-score out of 40
State the design used in Hancock’s study
self report
-semi structured interviews
State the method used in Hancock’s study
quasi experiment
Give strengths of the method used in Hancock’s study
A strength of self report is that more detailed information can be obtained form each participant
For example elaborate on the crime they committed
Therefore increasing validity
Give weaknesses of the method used in Hancock’s study
A weakness of self report is due to how time intensive it is only a few participants can be used
In this case only 14 participants
Reducing population validity
`Describe the sample used in Hancock’s study
- self selected
- 14 psychopaths, 38 non psychopaths male murders in a canadian correctional facility
- crimes had been committed at different times
Describe instrumental and predatory world view
Everything is theirs for taking
Describe what unique socioecmotional needs means
Basic physiological and material needs rather than higher levels of needs
Describe poverty of effect
Lack ability to directly experience emotions
Describe the procedure used in hancocks study
Psychopathy assessment (PCL-R) characterised by 20 different criteria scored form 0-2
The clinical diagnostic cut off for psychopathy is 30 but the researcher used 25
Conducted by a trained prison psychologist
Then interviewed for 25 mins using the step wise interview
Text analysis tools were used to analyse
What two text analysis tools were used in hancock study?
Wmatrix
DAL