PSYCHOPATHY

Question 1

WHAT IS ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER?

Answer 1

A MENTAL CONDITION IN WHICH A PERSON HAS A LONG-TERM PATTERN OF MANIPULATING, EXPLOITING, OR VIOLATING THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS.

Question 2

WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER?

Answer 2

• FAILURE TO CONFORM
• IMPULSIVENESS
• REDUCED ABILITY TO FEEL EMPATHY
• DECEITFULNESS
• IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR
• LACK OF REMORSE FOR WRONGDOINGS
• LONGSTANDING PATTERN OF DISREGARD FOR THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS - (AFTER THE AGE OF 15)

Question 3

ACCORDING TO HART AND HARE (1997) WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE PRISON POPULATION ARE PSYCHOPATHS?

Answer 3

• 15%

Question 4

ACCORDING TO HART AND HARE (1997) PSYCHOPATHS COMMIT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF CRIMINAL OFFENCES MORE THAN NON-PSYCHOPATHIC CRIMINALS?

Answer 4

• 50%

Question 5

WHAT DID BRUNNER (1993) DO?

Answer 5

• APPROACHED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR IN A GROUP OF CLOSELY RELATED MALES COULD HAVE A GENETIC BASIS.

Question 6

WHAT DID BRUNNER (1993) FIND IN THE MONOAMINE OXIDASE A GENE?

Answer 6

• MUTATION

Question 7

WHAT DOES THE MONOAMINE OXIDASE A GENE ENCODE?

Answer 7

• A PROTEIN THAT BREAKS DOWN MONAMINE MOLECULES

Question 8

A STUDY CONDUCTED BY CASE ET AL (1995) FOUND THAT MICE LACKING THE MAO-A PROTEIN DISPLAYED?

Answer 8

• INCREASED SEROTONIN
• INCREASED NORADRENALINE
• NEGLIBLE CHANGE IN DOPAMINE

Question 9

A POOR FUNCTIONING MAO-A GENE IN MICE IS ASSOCIATED WITH?

Answer 9

• AGGRESSION

- SPECIFIC BRAIN ABNORMALITIES