Lesson 5

Question 1

Name the sixteen characteristics of psychopaths by Hervey Cleckley.

Answer 1

Just kidding!

Question 2

True or false: the diagnose antisocial personality disorder can only be conducted (opgelegd/bepaald?) when the person has the symptoms since the age of 15 (and all other criteria, it’s about the age).

Answer 2

True: the patient

• has to have at least three symptoms since the age of 15
• has to have shown symptoms of a conduct disorder before 15
• ’s symptoms do not only occur during the course of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
• is at least 18 years

Question 3

Name three characteristics of the Joker that are also criteria of Hervey Cleckleys list of psychopaths.

Answer 3

• unreliability
• lack of remorse or shame
• pathologic egocentricity and incapacity for love

Question 4

True or false: the PCLR has a different cut-of score in the VS and in Europe due to cultural differences.

Answer 4

True, in the VS the cut-of score is 30 and in Europe it is 25-28.

Question 5

True or false: there are more psychopaths in jail than in the society outside of jail.

Answer 5

False, a significant higher % of the prisoners are psychopaths than of the general population, but the most psychopaths in society are outside of jail.

Question 6

True or false: according to the fearless model (Lykken, 1995) for psychopathy, psychopaths are almost immume to (operant) conditioning.

Answer 6

True, this is also why punishment has so little effect on psychopaths.

Question 7

True or false: according to the response modulation theory, psychopaths have a early selective attention, or an early attentional bottleneck.

Answer 7

True, this means they have a reduced ability to adapt to changing situations, because they don’t process the information needed for the adjustment.

Question 8

True or false: due to lack (of effect) of the violence inhibition mechanism (Blair) psychopaths are less or not at all effected by seeing others experience extreme emotions.

Answer 8

True, The Violence Inhibition Mechanism (VIM) produces distress cues when an aversive emotional reaction is observed.

Question 9

What treatment will reduce the rate of violent recidivism more for psychopaths: imprisoning them or treating them?

Answer 9

Imprisoning them has more effect (+/-0,6% recidivism) than treating them in therapy (+/-0,8% recidivism).

Alternatieve hypothese: ze leren meer van hun tijd in de gevangenis dan door hun tijd in therapie, waardoor de kans kleiner is dat ze opnieuw gepakt worden XD