Psychopathy Flashcards
What are the 4 components of Psychopathy?
-Interpersonal, Affective, Behavioural, and Antisocial
Interpersonal
Grandiose, manipulative, charming, extensive lying
Affective
Callous, no remorse, detached, minimizes responsibility
Behavioural
sensation seeking, impulsive,
Antisocial
poor anger control, early behavioural problems
What are the two items that do not load onto the facets in the PCL-R?
promiscuous and many marital relationships
In the PCL-R, which 2 facets fall under factor 1?
Interpersonal and Affective
In the PCL-R, which 2 facets fall under factor 2?
Behavioural and Antisocial
What 3 theories explain psychopathy?
Mechanism, development, evolution
Mechanism
involves brain and cognition, and narrowed attention in cognition
Name the 3 areas of the brain that are affected by psychopathy
-Amygdala; Distress recognition/reactivity
-Ventromedial prefrontal cortex; learning socio-emotional content. empathy in some ways, concern, knowing what to do in social situations that is appropriate
-Anterior Insula; subjective feeling states. mirroring other people’s emotions, do they connect themselves to the movements of those people or separate themselves?
What is cognition in the brain related to?
Narrowed attentional bottleneck; A person lower in psychopath will be able to change their attention, but a person high in psychopathy will be aggressively devoted to obtaining a goal and not allowing peripheral information in
Development
Fearless temperament and Adverse Environment clash, and there are biological and environmental factors
Fearless Temperament
-Biological Component
-test the limits, inner biological drive to do this. Kids don’t feel as moved by punishment
Adverse environments-environmental component
multiple levels to this. Neglect, parental hostility, they will associate with antisocial peers, and be competitive.
Predicted psychopathy for low-birth weight?
No
Predicted psychopathy for severe abnormality during pregnancy?
No
Predicted psychopathy for poor health of baby?
No
Predicted psychopathy for unwanted conception by mother?
Yes, 2.51 ratio
Predicted psychopathy for young mother?
No
Predicted psychopathy for family overcrowding?
Yes, 2.32 ratio
Predicted psychopathy for poor health of parents?
mother yes, father no. 1.50 ratio
Evolution of Psychopathy
Mating competitiveness increases with psychopathy
Reproductive Variance
Some ppl can have more offspring than others, higher in men than in women in most species
Reproductive Investment
resources devoted to siring offspring, lower in men than in women
Does psychopathy increase mating competitiveness in boys/men?
1- Compete with rivals; Psychopathic men are willing to use violence to beat up other men, low male friendships
2- Appeals to partners
