Psychopathy

Question 1

What is the special thing about psychopathy as a personality disorder? Why

Answer 1

Its not in the DSM

Its a clear personality profile and not necessarily problematic

Question 2

What is the prevalence of psychopathy?

Answer 2

1% of population
6% men
10-25% of male corretional facilities

Question 3

Mask of sanity first appearance of psychopathy: When and by whom?

Answer 3

1941 - Cleckley

Question 4

Describe the mask of sanity using the 3 characteristics

Answer 4

Positive: charming, intelligent, no irrational thought, not suicidal
Chronique Behavioural deviance: Impulsive, irresponsible, doesn’t learn from experience, sexually promiscuous, doesn’t have long-term life plans.
EMotional and interpersonal: Lack of remorse, empathy, and love. Manipulates and lies.

Question 5

Describe the mask of sanity in the other way

Answer 5

Poverty of emotions and disregard for emotions of others
Can’t force them into anything using guilt or love.
Fearless, cold-hearted, superficial charm, average to above average IQ

Question 6

What are the two causes of psychopathy for Clerckley? Research back it up

Answer 6

Externalizing vulnerability and callousness: impairement in brain system that controls behaviours, attaches moral value to experience. Prefrontal cortex
Trait fearlessness: mediate reaction to punishment cues. Amygdala

Question 7

Who is the person who came up with the current conceptualization of psychopathy? What did he call them?

Answer 7

Robert Hare

Intra-species predator

Question 8

Describe the intra-species predator.

Answer 8

outgoing, charming, verbally proficient, egocentric, shallow, impulsive, manipulative,.

Question 9

What did Hare changed from the mask of sanity?

Answer 9

He made it measurable and diagnosable with the PCL-R

Question 10

Is psychopathy related to intelligence or psychosis?`

Answer 10

No.

Question 11

What happens to psychopaths who are criminal? When do they start, etc.

Answer 11

start younger, persist longer, more violent, more likely to reoffend.

Question 12

What is violence and psychopathy like?

Answer 12

predatory, instrumental, callous, calculated, target, strangers, not reactive.

Question 13

What is the relationship between psychopathy and murder?

Answer 13

Multiple victims, strangers, male victims, deny responsabilit, left crime scene.

Question 14

What is sexual violence and psychopathy like?

Answer 14

rare. but when they do, its high risk, opportunist, impulsive.
Often commit sexual homicide.
Dont feel anxious about it.
Child molesters are rarely psychopathy.

Question 15

How does psychopathy affect criminal cases?

Answer 15

Harsher sentences.
PCL-R used in death penalty and increase sentenced.
Doesnt meet the NCRMD (insanity defence).

Question 16

What are the two types of violence?

Answer 16

Predatory and instrumental: Intentional, motivated, non-emotional, premeditated.
Affective: spontaneous, impulsive, no planning, emotional

Question 17

Why are pschopaths good in business?

Answer 17

Creative, good communication.

Question 18

What are the two ways to asses psychopathic traits in youth?

Answer 18

anti-social process screening device: 6-12 years olf. Observer rating scale for callous, narcissism and impulsivity
Hare psychopathy checklist youth version: 12-18, interpersonal, affective, behavioural and anti-social traits.

Question 19

Why bad to label youth psycho?

Answer 19

Moerate stability from 13-24

negative consequence of label.

Question 20

Youth who score higher on PCL-YV tend to…

Answer 20

begin criminal younger
engage more violence
greater risk to reoffence.

Question 21

Nature

Answer 21

genetic predisposition: 29-59% of variance of psychopathic personality inventory
Amygdala: difficulty recognizing sad and fearful expressions.

Question 22

Learning arguments

Answer 22

Can’t learn to avoid fear/anxiety of punishment

Response modulation deficit theory: Fail to learn to read the room to avoid punishment.

Question 23

Neuro-biological evidence:

Answer 23

Problems with certain emotions that guide pro-social behaviours. Didnt identify emotional words faster, didn’t have blink startle to emotional image.
Amygdala dysfunction theory.

Question 24

What is the role of the amygdala in the brain?

Answer 24

center of fear and empathetic processing.

Question 25

What is the integrated approach? Name 4 parts interact with each other.

Answer 25

explanations are not incompatible.

Genetic impacts biological which impacts psychological and social deficit.

Question 26

Why are the treatments to psychopathy not efficient?

Answer 26

no motivation, little improvement, high drop out rates.

Question 27

Once diagnosed with psychopathy, increase of dropout rate by ___%. What is the recidivism rate for psychopaths that are treated, versus non treated versus non-psycho?

Answer 27

Untreated psychopath lower recidivism rates than non-treated.

Question 28

Difference between psychopathy and ASPD?

Answer 28

ASPD: socially deviant, in DSM. Behavioural.
Psychopathy: forensic term. Socially eviant and interpersonal and emotional characteristics.