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Question 1

What did Gao et al. (2010) measure in 3-year-old children?

Answer 1

Electrodermal fear conditioning

Question 2

What did Gao et al. (2010) find when comparing criminal offenders and matched comparisons?

Answer 2

Criminal offenders had reduced electrodermal fear conditioning

Question 3

According to Gao et al. (2010), what could be a potential target for preventing psychopathy and criminal behavior?

Answer 3

Prenatal programs aimed at health factors like nutrition and reducing substance consumption

Question 4

What does Gao et al. (2010) propose as a potential risk factor for increased psychopathy and criminal behavior?

Answer 4

Poor amygdala functioning early in life

Question 5

What did Gao et al. (2010) suggest as a proxy measure of amygdala activity?

Answer 5

Poor fear conditioning

Question 6

What did Glimmerveen et al. (2022) find about psychopathic offenders on the passive avoidance task?

Answer 6

Performed worse than non-psychopathic offenders and healthy controls (hypothetical reward)

Question 7

What did Hare & Quinn (1971) find about psychopaths in terms of electrodermal conditioning?

Answer 7

Psychopaths showed little evidence of differential electrodermal conditioning

Question 8

What did Hare & Quinn (1971) find about psychopaths in terms of cardiac and digital vasomotor responses?

Answer 8

Psychopaths acquired differential cardiac and digital vasomotor responses as readily as non-psychopaths

Question 9

What did Moul et al. (2012) hypothesize about the amygdala in psychopathy?

Answer 9

Basolateral area of amygdala is underactive and central amygdala is normal or overactive

Question 10

What did Veit (2013) find about high scorers on the PCL-R regarding conditioned fear responses?

Answer 10

High scorers showed weaker conditioned fear responses compared to low scorers

Question 11

What is the PCL-R?

Answer 11

Psychopathy Checklist-Revised

Question 12

What is deficient fear conditioning?

Answer 12

Lack of normal response to fearful stimuli

Question 13

Which offenders show the most pronounced deficient fear conditioning?

Answer 13

Offenders with high scores on affective facet

Question 14

What do ERPs suggest about ppts with distinct interpersonal deficits?

Answer 14

Increased information processing

Question 15

How is the antisocial facet of PCL-R linked to attention and interest?

Answer 15

Decreased attention and interest to CS+